Prediction of regime transitions in bubble columns using acoustic and differential pressure signals

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 139-149

  Al Masry, Waheed A ^a   Ali, Emad M ^a   Al Kalbani, Mohamed N ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Differential pressure; Hydrodynamics; Regime transition; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRODYNAMICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE; REGIME TRANSITION;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; BUBBLE COLUMNS; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRODYNAMICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250630968     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.02.025     Document Type: Article

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