Multiresolution analysis of pressure fluctuations in a gas-solids fluidized bed: Application to glass beads and polyethylene powder systems

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 23-33

  Wu, Bangyou ^a,b   Kantzas, Apostolos ^a,b   Bellehumeur, Céline T ^b   He, Zhengxing ^a,b   Kryuchkov, Sergey ^a,b  

^a Tomographic Imaging and Porous Media Laboratory   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chaos analysis; Cycle time; Fluidized bed; Polyethylene powder; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

CHAOTIC SYSTEMS; HYDRODYNAMICS; POLYETHYLENES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CHAOS ANALYSIS; POLYETHYLENE POWDER; PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

CHAOTIC SYSTEMS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; POLYETHYLENES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 34248382526     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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