Measuring bubble, drop and particle sizes in multiphase systems with ultrasound

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2750-2762

  Cents, A H G ^a   Brilman, D W F ^a   Versteeg, G F ^a   Wijnstra, P J ^a   Regtien, P P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mass transfer; Multiphase; Size distribution; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DROP FORMATION; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SCATTERING; SIZE DETERMINATION; ULTRASONICS;

DISPERSED PHASE; MULTIPHASE SYSTEMS;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

MEASUREMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; BUBBLE; DISPERSION; DROP; GAS; LASER; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIQUID; MASS; MASS TRANSFER; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; MULTIPHASIC SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL PHASE; SCATTERING MODEL; SOLID; TECHNIQUE; TRANSPORT KINETICS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

EID: 8344275785     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10203     Document Type: Article

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