Process tomography and particle tracking: Research and commercial diagnostic tool

3rd World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-10

  Stitt, E H ^a   James, K ^b  

^a JOHNSON MATTHEY CATALYSTS   (United Kingdom)

^b Tracerco ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Process diagnostics; Tomography; Velocimetry

Indexed keywords

VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

HIGH QUALITY DATA; MULTI-PHASE REACTOR; PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS; PROCESS DIAGNOSTICS; PROCESS MEASUREMENTS; PROCESS TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL; WELL-FOUNDED MODELS;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 80052358489     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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