Electrical capacitance tomography for conventional fluidized bed measurements - Remarks on the measuring technique

Powder Technology

Volumn 148, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 142-157

  Makkawi, Yassir T ^a   Wright, Phillip C ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bubble characteristics; Electrical capacitance tomography; Experimental span; Fluidized bed

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE TOMOGRAPHY (ECT); GELDART GROUPS;

CAPACITANCE; DATA ACQUISITION; FLUIDIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLUIDIZED BED; TOMOGRAPHY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS FLOW; PARTICLE SIZE; RELIABILITY; SOLID; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 10344250955     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2004.09.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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