Flow regime determination in horizontal pneumatic transport of fine powders using non-intrusive acoustic probes

Powder Technology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 157-166

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic probe; Pneumatic transport; Process monitoring; Signal analysis

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PROCESS MONITORING; SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC PROBES; FLOW REGIME; PNEUMATIC TRANSPORT;

FLOW OF SOLIDS;

ACRYLIC ACID; STAINLESS STEEL;

FLOW OF SOLIDS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PROCESS MONITORING; SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; MICROPHONE; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PNEUMATIC TOOL; POWDER; PROCESS MONITORING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOLID; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 33847641778     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2006.10.040     Document Type: Article

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