Determination of critical speed for complete solid suspension using acoustic emission method based on multiscale analysis in stirred tank

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 5323-5327

  Ren, Congjing ^a   Jiang, Xiaojing ^a   Wang, Jingdai ^a   Yang, Yongrong ^a   Zhang, Xiaohuan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION SIGNALS; ACOUSTIC-EMISSION METHOD; CRITICAL SPEEDS; DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES; MULTI-SCALE ANALYSIS; SOLID PARTICLES; SOLID SUSPENSIONS; STIRRED TANKS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS;

EID: 49549124752     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0714347     Document Type: Article

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