Particle size monitoring in dense suspension using ultrasound with an improved model accounting for low-angle scattering

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2825-2837

  Shukla, A ^a   Prakash, A ^a   Rohani, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Liquid solid Suspensions; Mineral processing; Particle size distribution; Ultrasonic attenuation spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DECONVOLUTION ALGORITHM; DENSE SUSPENSION; DESIRABLE METHODS; DETECTOR SIZE; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; IMPROVED MODELS; IN-SITU; INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; LIQUID-SOLID SUSPENSIONS; LOW-ANGLE SCATTERING; MEASUREMENT FREQUENCY; MINERAL PROCESSING; ON-LINE MEASUREMENT; PROPAGATION REGIMES; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; THEORETICAL MODELS; ULTRASONIC ATTENUATION SPECTROSCOPY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DECONVOLUTION; FOOD PROCESSING; IN SITU PROCESSING; LIQUIDS; MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SILICATE MINERALS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 78650341303     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12182     Document Type: Article

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