Electrical resistance tomography (ERT) for flow and velocity profile measurement of a single phase liquid in a horizontal pipe

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1235-1244

  Sharifi, Mohadeseh ^a   Young, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Electrical resistance tomography (ERT); Flow distribution; Liquid flow; Single phase; Skim milk; Velocity profile; Whole milk

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID FLOW; SINGLE PHASE; SKIM MILKS; VELOCITY PROFILES; WHOLE MILK;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; LIQUIDS; MEASUREMENTS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY;

VELOCITY;

EID: 84878956289     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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