Study of solid-liquid mixing in agitated tanks through electrical resistance tomography

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1374-1384

  Hosseini, Seyed ^a   Patel, Dineshkumar ^a   Ein Mozaffari, Farhad ^a   Mehrvar, Mehrab ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axial flow impeller; Electrical resistance tomography; Homogeneity; Solid concentration profile; Solid liquid mixing

Indexed keywords

AGITATED TANK; DESIGN PARAMETERS; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; IMPELLER SPEED; LINEAR BACK PROJECTION ALGORITHMS; NON-INTRUSIVE; OPERATING CONDITION; SOLID CONCENTRATION PROFILE; SOLID CONCENTRATIONS; SOLID-LIQUID MIXING; TANK DIAMETERS;

BLOWERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MIXING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SPEED; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TOMOGRAPHY;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 74649085066     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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