Dual fibre optical probe measurements of solids volume fraction in a circulating fluidized bed

Powder Technology

Volumn 151, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 19-26

  Magnusson, A ^a   Rundqvist, R ^a   Almstedt, A E ^a   Johnsson, F ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Circulating fluidized bed; Optical probe measurement; Solids volume fraction

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PRESSURE DROP; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VOLUME FRACTION;

CALIBRATION FUNCTIONS; FIBER OPTICAL PROBES; PROBE SIGNALS;

PROBES;

FLUIDIZED BED;

CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SOLID; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 15944369962     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2004.11.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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