On-line monitoring of dense phase flow using real time dielectric imaging

Powder Technology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-295

  Dyakowski, T ^a   Luke, S P ^b   Ostrowski, K L ^b   Williams, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circulating fluidized bed; Control; Dense phase conveying; Electrical capacitance tomography; Heat transfer; Visualization

Indexed keywords

DENSE PHASE FLOW; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; IMAGING METHOD; MONITORING TECHNIQUE; ON-LINE TECHNIQUE; PNEUMATIC CONVEYOR; POWDER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUIDIZED BED; HEAT TRANSFER; IMAGING; LIQUID; MODEL; MONITORING; PNEUMATIC TOOL; POWDER; SOLID;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TOMOGRAPHY;

CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED; DENSE PHASE FLOW; ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE IMAGES; ONLINE MONITORING; PNEUMATIC CONVEYING; POWDER FLOW; REAL TIME DIELECTRIC IMAGING;

FLOW OF SOLIDS;

EID: 0032586206     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(99)00106-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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