Measurement and simulation of bubbling fluidised beds

Powder Technology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-177

  Lim, C N ^a   Gilbertson, M A ^a   Harrison, A J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Dynamics; Fluidisation; Frequency domain; Quality; Visual measurement

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLUIDIZATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

BUBBLING FLUIDISED BEDS; ROBUST MODELS; VISUAL MEASUREMENT;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZED BED; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GAS FLOW; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; STORAGE; TIME; VALIDITY;

EID: 33751351650     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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