Application of ultrasonic technique in multiphase flows

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 5681-5691

  Vatanakul, Maytinee ^a   Zheng, Ying ^a   Couturier, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; ULTRASONICS; VELOCITY;

GAS-LIQUID-SOLID FLOWS; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MULTIPHASE FLOW; ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; FLOW; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS FLOW; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL PHASE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; RELIABILITY; SOLID; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 4344611922     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie034184c     Document Type: Article

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