Particle distribution in dilute solid liquid unbaffled tanks via a novel laser sheet and image analysis based technique

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 87, Issue , 2013, Pages 341-358

  Tamburini, A ^a   Cipollina, A ^a   Micale, G ^a   Brucato, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Mixing; Solid liquid; Stirred tank; Tori; Unbaffled

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MIXING; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

LASER SHEETS; MEASURING TECHNIQUE; NON-INTRUSIVE; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; POST PROCESSING; RUSHTON TURBINES; SOLID CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTION; SOLID PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION; SOLID-LIQUID; SOLID-LIQUID SYSTEM; STIRRED TANK; TORI; UNBAFFLED; UNBAFFLED VESSEL; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; VORTEX FORMATION;

LASERS;

EID: 84870301005     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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