Analysis of partial suspension in stirred mixing cells using both MRI and ERT

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1385-1393

  Stevenson, Ryan ^a   Harrison, Susan T L ^a   Mantle, Michael D ^b   Sederman, Andrew J ^b   Moraczewski, Tracey L ^c   Johns, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

ERT; Mixing; MRI; Partial suspension; Tomography; Velocity field

Indexed keywords

AGITATION RATES; CONCENTRATION VARIATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ERT; HIGHER RESOLUTION; INNER DIAMETERS; MRI; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; VELOCITY FIELD; VESSEL WALLS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIXING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RESONANCE; TOMOGRAPHY;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 74649083073     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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