Dynamics of fluidized-bed reactors. Development and application of a new multi-fiber optical probe

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 1999, Pages 2113-2122

  Tayebi, Davoud ^a   Svendsen, Hallvard F ^a   Grislingås, Arne ^b   Mejdell, Thor ^c   Johannessen, Kjetil ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bubble properties; Fiber optics; Fluidized beds; Particle velocity; Solids volume fraction; Tracer particles

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FIBER OPTICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUORESCENCE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OPTICAL FILTERS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PROBES; VELOCITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

BUBBLE RISE VELOCITY; LOCAL PARTICLE VELOCITY VECTOR; SOLIDS VOLUME FRACTION; TRACER PARTICLES;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

DYNAMICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GAS-SOLID FLUIDIZED BED; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033166376     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00319-4     Document Type: Article

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