Optical image analysis and determination of dispersed multi phase flow for simulation and control

Optical Imaging: Technology, Methods and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-63

  Bart, Hans Jörg ^a   Mickler, Matthias ^a   Jildeh, Hanin B ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control; Liquid liquid extraction column; Optical image analysis; Optical particle determination; Particle population balances; Simulation

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EID: 84874517848     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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