Flow-velocity measurement for bulk granular solids in pneumatic conveyor pipes using random-data correlator architecture

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1228-1234

  Fuchs, Anton ^a   Zangl, Hubert ^a   Brasseur, Georg ^a   Petriu, Emil M ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dense phase; Dilute phase; Particle flow velocity; Pneumatic transport of bulk granular solids; Random data correlator architecture

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

PARTICLE FLOW VELOCITY; PNEUMATIC TRANSPORT; RANDOM-DATA CORRELATOR ARCHITECTURE;

PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS;

EID: 33746331689     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2006.876569     Document Type: Article

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