Methodological analysis of gamma tomography system for large random packed columns

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 658-661

  Vasquez, Pablo A S ^a   De Mesquita, Carlos H ^a   LeRoux, Galo A C ^b   Hamada, Margarida M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gamma tomography; Gas holdup; Porosity; Random packing

Indexed keywords

COLUMN WALLS; CROSS SECTION; CT SYSTEM; DIFFERENT SIZES; GAMMA TOMOGRAPHY; GAS HOLD UP; GAS POROSITY; PACKED COLUMN; RADIAL DIRECTION; RANDOM PACKING; SOLID HOLDUP; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION;

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GASES; PACKED BEDS; PACKING; POLYDISPERSITY; POROSITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

GAMMA RAYS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GAS FLOW; GAS HOLDUP; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INSTRUMENT; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM PACKED COLUMN;

ALGORITHMS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; POROSITY; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 77949274531     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.11.077     Document Type: Article

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