Determination of bulk solid concentration changes during granular flow in a model silo with ECT sensors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-30

  Niedostatkiewicz, M ^a   Tejchman, J ^a   Chaniecki, Z ^b   Grudzien K ^b  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

ECT sensor; Granular material; Sand; Silo flow; Solid concentration changes

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONFINED FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SAND; SENSORS; TOMOGRAPHY;

BULK SOLIDS; CYLINDRICAL MODELS; DRY SANDS; DYNAMIC EFFECTS; ECT SENSOR; ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE TOMOGRAPHIES; GRANULAR FLOWS; INITIAL DENSITIES; LINEAR BACK PROJECTION ALGORITHMS; RAW DATUMS; SILO DISCHARGES; SILO FLOW; SILO WALLS; SOLID CONCENTRATION CHANGES;

FARM BUILDINGS;

EID: 58149151239     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.08.035     Document Type: Article

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