A modal analysis technique for the on-line particle size measurement of pneumatically conveyed pulverized coal

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 114-122

  Hancke, Gerhard P ^a,b   Malan, Ruan ^b  

^a IEEE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Modal analysis; Neural networks; Parameter back calculation; Particle size distribution measurement; Vector decomposition

Indexed keywords

COMMINUTION; MODAL ANALYSIS; PILOT PLANTS; POWER GENERATION; RESONANCE;

PARTICLE SIZE MEASUREMENT;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031988336     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.728802     Document Type: Article

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