Determining concentration and velocity profiles of non-Newtonian settling slurries using electrical resistance tomography

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 583-590

  Sutherland, A P N ^a   Long, T M ^b   Randall, E W ^b   Wilkinson, A J ^b  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE RATES; CARRIER FLUIDS; COARSE PARTICLES; CROSS-CORRELATION ALGORITHMS; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHIES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCES; FLOW RATE MEASUREMENTS; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; LAMINAR SHEARS; MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES; NON NEWTONIANS; SETTLING SLURRIES; UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWNS; UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGIES; VELOCITY PROFILES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FLUID DYNAMICS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LAMINAR FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PIPE; PIPELINES; PRESSURE GRADIENT; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

SLURRIES;

EID: 60649103367     PISSN: 22256253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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