Ultrafast cross-sectional imaging of gas-particle flow in a fluidized bed

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2221-2225

  Bieberle, M ^a   Fischer, F ^a   Schleicher, E ^a   Menz, H J ^b   Mayer, H G ^b   Hampel, U ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Fluidization; Fluidized bed; Particle count measurements; Ultrafast imaging; Ultrafast X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958613307     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12121     Document Type: Article

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