An optical approach for identifying the nature and the relative 3D spatial position of components of complex structures formed in multiphase dispersion systems

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3047-3056

  Cordova Aguilar M S ^a   Diaz Uribe R ^b   Escobar, O ^a   Corkidi, G ^a   Galindo, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Drops; Multiphase dispersion; Optical images; Spherical lenses

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DROPS; FERMENTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

MULTIPHASE DISPERSION; OPTICAL IMAGES; SPHERICAL LENSES;

DISPERSIONS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DISPERSIONS; DROPS; FERMENTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 43049157714     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.03.019     Document Type: Article

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