Neutrally buoyant tracer in gas cleaning equipment: A case study

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2405-2414

  Peng, Weiming ^a   Hoffmann, Alex C ^a   Dries, Huub W A ^b   Regelink, Michiel ^b   Foo, Kee Khoon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrifugal gas cleaning equipment; Cyclones and swirl tubes; Environmental protection; Fluid flow pattern; Fluid flow velocity; Helium bubbles; High speed photography; High speed pressure sensors; Neutral buoyancy traces; Vortex shape; Wall pressure

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLOW PATTERNS; HELIUM; SWIRLING FLOW;

GAS CLEANING EQUIPMENT; LIQUID DROPLETS; SOLID PARTICLES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

CLEANING; GAS SEPARATION; TRACER;

EID: 27944450156     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/16/12/002     Document Type: Article

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