Residence time distribution determination using on-line digital image processing

Starch/Staerke

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 146-153

  Lee, Siew Yoong ^a   Hannab, Milford A ^a   Jonesa, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Color space; Correlation; Mean residence time; Screw configuration; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BARREL TEMPERATURES; COLOR SPACE; CORRELATION; DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING; DIP METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL ERRORS; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; NON-DESTRUCTIVE; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS;

DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; ELECTRON TUBE DIODES; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; RESONANT TUNNELING; SCREWS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;

COLOR;

EID: 65349177765     PISSN: 00389056     EISSN: 1521379X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/star.200800044     Document Type: Article

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