A review of recent electrical resistance tomography (ERT) applications for wet particulate processing

Particle and Particle Systems Characterization

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 207-215

  Stanley, Steven J ^a   Bolton, Gary T ^b  

^a NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Industrial Tomography Systems Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical resistance tomography (ERT); Mixing; Multiphase flow; Precipitation; Suspension

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL IMAGING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); TOMOGRAPHY;

CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DESIGN AND OPERATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY (ERT); INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; MIXING; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL; PARTICULATE PROCESSING; PRECIPITATION; PROCESS EQUIPMENTS; PROCESS PLANTS; PROCESS UNDERSTANDING; SOLID-LIQUID; SUSPENSION;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 52949137377     PISSN: 09340866     EISSN: 15214117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.200701126     Document Type: Review

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