Comparison of a networks-of-zones fluid mixing model for a baffled stirred vessel with three-dimensional electrical resistance tomography

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Rodgers, T L ^a   Siperstein, F R ^a   Mann, R ^a   York, T A ^a   Kowalski, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cowles disc; mixing; modelling; network of zones; tomography

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MICROCHANNELS; MIXING; MODELS; TOMOGRAPHY;

CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; COWLES DISC; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; NETWORK OF ZONES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CHANGES; THREE DIMENSIONS; TRANSPORT EQUATION; VISUAL INSPECTION;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 80052723859     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/22/10/104014     Document Type: Article

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