Sensor systems for lightly loaded pneumatic conveyors

Powder Technology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-92

  Green, R G ^a   Thorn, R ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pipelines; Pneumatic conveying; Sensors; Tomography; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVEYING; FLOW MEASUREMENT; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SENSORS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

PNEUMATIC CONVEYING; SOLID GAS FLOW;

PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PIPELINE; POWDER; SENSOR; SOLID; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

EID: 0031984369     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(97)03320-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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