Flow regime determination in horizontal hydrotransport using non-intrusive acoustic probes

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 989-1000

  Albion, Katherine ^a   Briens, Lauren ^a   Briens, Cedric ^a   Berruti, Franco ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Hydrotransport; Process monitoring; Signal analysis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF WATER; MONITORING; PIPE; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PROCESS MONITORING; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STAINLESS STEEL;

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; CONSISTENT OPERATIONS; FLOW REGIMES; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL PIPES; HYDROTRANSPORT; NON-INTRUSIVE; ON-LINE METHODS; RAPID DETECTIONS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

ACOUSTICS;

EID: 58649083497     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20112     Document Type: Article

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