Identification of the state of a fluidized bed by pressure fluctuations

AIChE Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 509-514

  Trnka, O ^a   Vesely V ^a   Hartman, M ^a   Beran, Z ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

^b LEAR Corp   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FLUIDIZATION; GASES; PRESSURE; SOLIDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

FIXED BED; PNEUMATIC TRANSPORT; PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

FLUIDIZED BED; PNEUMATIC TRANSPORT; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION;

ARTICLE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0034060734     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690460309     Document Type: Article

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