Electrical resistance tomography for evaluating a medium consistency mixer

Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-185

  Kourunen, Jari ^a   Heikkinen, Lasse M ^a   Paananen, Petteri ^b   Peltonen, Kari ^c   Käyhkö, Jari ^b   Vauhkonen, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Finland)

^c Andritz Oy Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electrical resistance tomography; Medium consistency mixer

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; PULP; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TOMOGRAPHY;

CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; INNER REGION; MIXING EFFICIENCY; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; REAL TIME MONITORING; TARGET VOLUMES; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING;

PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY;

CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MIXERS; MIXING; PAPER INDUSTRY; PULP INDUSTRY; PYROMETRY;

EID: 79958757103     PISSN: 02832631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3183/npprj-2011-26-02-p179-185     Document Type: Article

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