Measurement of solid slurry flow via correlation of Electromagnetic Flow Meter, electrical resistance tomography and mechanistic modelling

Journal of Hydrodynamics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 557-563

  XU, Jing yu ^a   WU, Ying xiang ^a   ZHENG, Zhi chu ^a   WANG, M ^b   MUNIR, B ^b   OLUWADAREY, H I ^b   SCHLABERG, H I ^b   WILLIAMS, R A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical Resistance Tomography (ERT); Electromagnetic Flow Meters (EFM); in situ mean volumetric fraction; slip velocity; slurry measurement

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY (ERT); ELECTROMAGNETIC FLOW METERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FLOW METERS (EFM); EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HOMOGENOUS FLOW; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEAN VOLUMETRIC FRACTION; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LIQUID MODELS; MEDIAN PARTICLE SIZE; MIXTURE VELOCITY; SAND CONCENTRATIONS; SAND SLURRY; SLIP VELOCITY; SLURRY FLOW; SLURRY FLOW RATES; SOLID CONCENTRATIONS; SOLIDS FLOW; SOLIDS FRACTION; VERTICAL FLOWS; VERTICAL PIPE FLOW;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW RATE; FLOWMETERS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; METRIC SYSTEM; PIPE FLOW; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SLURRIES; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 69549121870     PISSN: 10016058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6058(08)60184-5     Document Type: Article

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