Cyclic operation strategies in trickle beds and electrical capacitance tomography imaging of filtration dynamics

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 934-952

  Hamidipour, Mohsen ^a   Larachi, Faïçal ^a   Ring, Zbigniew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b BP Canada Energy Group ULC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC OPERATION; DECAY TIME; ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE TOMOGRAPHY; FINES DEPOSITION; INDUSTRIAL IMPLEMENTATION; KAOLIN SUSPENSIONS; LIQUID HOLD UPS; LIQUID SUPERFICIAL VELOCITIES; LOCAL DEPOSITION; MODULATION STRATEGY; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; NEW PROCESS; OPERATING CONDITION; PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS; PROPAGATION VELOCITIES; PULSE FLOW; SUSPENSION FLOWS; TRICKLE BED; TRICKLE FLOW; UNIFORM PHASE;

CAPACITANCE; FILTRATION; FLOW OF WATER; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; KAOLIN; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 76049104124     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie900605b     Document Type: Conference Paper

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