Characterization of slurry flow regime transitions by ERT

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 989-996

  Giguere R ^a   Fradette, L ^a   Mignon, D ^b   Tanguy, P A ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

ERT; Image reconstruction; Pipe flow; Slurry; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ITERATIVE METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PIPE; PIPE FLOW; REPAIR; RESTORATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ERT; HORIZONTAL PIPES; LANDWEBER METHODS; LINEAR BACK-PROJECTION; RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; RESISTANCE MEASUREMENTS; RESISTANCE MODELING; SLURRY; SLURRY CONCENTRATION; SLURRY FLOW;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 49549120882     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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