Application of three-dimensional electrical resistance tomography to characterize gas holdup distribution in laboratory flotation cell

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1677-1686

  Kourunen, Jari ^a   Niitti, Timo ^b   Heikkinen, Lasse M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Outotec   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electrical resistance tomography; Flotation; Gas holdup; Imaging; Multiphase flow; Tomography

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION OF GAS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; FLOTATION CELL; GAS HOLD-UP DISTRIBUTION; GAS HOLDUP; GAS SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; HYDROPHOBIC MATERIAL; LABORATORY FLOTATION; MAXWELL MODELS; METAL ELECTRODES; ROTOR SPEED; SEPARATION PROCESS;

CELLS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FLOTATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; ROTORS (WINDINGS); STATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

GASES;

EID: 80855132654     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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