Wavelet analysis to characterize cluster dynamics in a circulating fluidized bed

Powder Technology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 163-173

  Guenther, Chris ^a   Breault, Ronald ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFB; Clusters; Multiphase flow; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE DROP; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BEDS (CFB); FLOW REGIMES;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATERIAL STATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; SOLID; TECHNOLOGY; VELOCITY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 34047126831     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2006.12.016     Document Type: Article

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