CREC fiber-optic probes for particle velocity and particle clustering: Design principles and calibration procedures

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 5620-5631

  Nova, Samuel R ^a   Krol, Stefan ^a   De Lasa, Hugo I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FIBER OPTICS; LASER BEAMS; LENSES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSORS;

LASER BEAM EMITTERS; PARTICLE VELOCITY;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

PARTICLE FLOW;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; FIBER OPTICS; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS SOLID FLUIDIZED BED; LIGHT; PARTICLE CLUSTERING; PARTICLE DYNAMICS; PARTICLE VELOCITY; PHASE SEPARATION; PROCESS DESIGN; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SENSOR; SIGNAL DETECTION; VELOCITY;

EID: 4344713928     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0306980     Document Type: Article

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