Flow regime determination in upward inclined pneumatic transport of particulates using non-intrusive acoustic probes

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 520-531

  Albion, Katherine ^a   Briens, Lauren ^a   Briens, Cedric ^a   Berruti, Franco ^a   Book, Garret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic probe; Pneumatic transport; Process monitoring; Signal analysis; Upward inclined transport

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; FLOW OF SOLIDS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SENSORS;

ACOUSTIC PROBES; PNEUMATIC TRANSPORT; PROCESS MONITORING; UPWARD INCLINED TRANSPORT;

FLOW PATTERNS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SENSORS;

EID: 33847281964     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2006.06.012     Document Type: Article

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