Assessing solids concentration homogeneity in Rushton-agitated slurry reactors using electrical resistance tomography (ERT)

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 71, Issue , 2012, Pages 392-399

  Harrison, Susan T L ^a   Stevenson, Ryan ^a   Cilliers, Johannes J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical resistance tomography; Homogeneity; Mixing; Mixing index; Multiphase reactors; Suspension

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DIRECTION; CLOUD HEIGHTS; COARSE FRACTIONS; CRITICAL IMPELLER SPEED; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; FINE FRACTION; FINE PARTICLE FRACTIONS; HOMOGENEITY; IMPELLER SPEED; INHOMOGENEITIES; MIXING INDEX; MULTI-PHASE REACTOR; OPERATING CONDITION; PARTICLE FRACTION; PARTICULATE SUSPENSIONS; RADIAL DIRECTION; SLURRY REACTOR; SOLID-LIQUID SYSTEM; SOLIDS CONCENTRATIONS; SOLIDS DISTRIBUTION; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUSPENSION EFFICIENCY; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES; VESSEL GEOMETRY; VOLUME ELEMENTS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; IMPELLERS; MIXING; SPEED; STATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84856560700     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.10.053     Document Type: Article

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