L-valve behaviour with solids of different size and density

Powder Technology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 231-240

  Arena, Umberto ^a,b   Langeli, Cesare Bartoli ^b   Cammarota, Antonio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Circulating fluidized beds; L valves; Non mechanical valves

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLOW MEASUREMENT; MAGNETITE; PRESSURE DROP; SAND; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

GELDART CLASSIFICATION;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

MAGNETITE;

FLUIDIZED BED; SOLID; VALVE;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZED BED; PARTICLE SIZE; SAND; SOLID; VALVE;

EID: 0032529713     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(98)00058-8     Document Type: Article

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