Application of electrical capacitance tomography in particulate process measurement - A review

Advanced Powder Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 174-188

  Zhang, Wenbiao ^a,b   Wang, Chao ^b   Yang, Wuqiang ^c   Wang, Chi Hwa ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ECT; Electrostatics; Particulate process; Review; Tomography

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTATICS; REVIEWS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ECT; ECT-SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW REGIMES; FLUIDIZED BED DRYERS; PARTICULATE PROCESS; SOLIDS DISTRIBUTION; SOLIDS FLOW;

CONVEYING;

EID: 84894669141     PISSN: 09218831     EISSN: 15685527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2013.12.003     Document Type: Review

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