Factors affecting the rheology and processability of highly filled suspensions

DM Kalyon, S Aktaş - Annual review of chemical and …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Suspensions filled with rigid particles at volume-loading levels that approach their maximum
packing fraction are widely encountered, especially in the energetics, ceramics …

Use of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging as a viscometer for process monitoring

DF Arola, GA Barrall, RL Powell, KL McCarthy… - Chemical engineering …, 1997 - Elsevier
Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMRI or MRI) flow measurements and fundamental
principles of capillary flow are combined to determine the shear viscosity of non-Newtonian …

A process for energy-efficient high-solids fed-batch enzymatic liquefaction of cellulosic biomass

MJ Cardona, EJ Tozzi, N Karuna, T Jeoh… - Bioresource …, 2015 - Elsevier
The enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulosic biomass is a key step in the biochemical production of
fuels and chemicals. Economically feasible large-scale implementation of the process …

A comparative study of UVP and LDA techniques for pulp suspensions in pipe flow

JA Wiklund, M Stading, AJ Pettersson… - AIChE …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
For the first time, noninvasive measurements in pulp suspensions at consistencies ranging
from 0.74%(w/w) up to 7.8%(w/w) have been performed simultaneously using ultrasound …

Instrument techniques for rheometry

YY Hou, HO Kassim - Review of scientific instruments, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
This article presents a review of some latest advances in rheology measuring techniques.
Consideration is given to the modification and approaches in conventional measuring …

Pointwise observations for rheological characterization using nuclear magnetic resonance imaging

DF Arola, RL Powell, GA Barrall, MJ McCarthy - Journal of Rheology, 1999 - pubs.aip.org
This study focuses on development of a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging based
viscometric technique using pulsed gradient NMR for characterizing fluid materials under …

Magnetic resonance analyzing flow meter and flow measuring method

E Wollin - US Patent 6,452,390, 2002 - Google Patents
One preferred aspect of the present invention provides a universally applicable simplified
method to non-invasively measure the mean value of, or to map the Velocity profile of, the …

Apparatus and method for measuring cased hole fluid flow with NMR

C Edwards - US Patent 7,372,263, 2008 - Google Patents
A method and apparatus useful to determine characteristics of fluid flow, such as fluid
holdup and flow velocity. The apparatus comprises a flow tube, a permanent magnet, a first …

A simplified method for accuracy estimation of nuclear magnetic resonant imaging

DF Arola, RL Powell, GA Barrall… - Review of scientific …, 1998 - pubs.aip.org
Tomography is an interdisciplinary field concerned with obtaining cross-sectional, two-
dimensional images of threedimensional objects. 1 All tomographic techniques can be …

On-line NMR imaging of a solid or liquid object undergoing continuous translational motion

BP Hills, KM Wright - US Patent 6,549,007, 2003 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A nuclear magnetic resonance imaging technique is applied to objects
undergoing translational motion for analysis of objects on a conveyor passing through an …