Solid particle motion in a standpipe as observed by Positron Emission Particle Tracking

Powder Technology

Volumn 194, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 58-66

  Chan, Chian W ^a   Seville, Jonathan ^a   Fan, Xianfeng ^b   Baeyens, Jan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circulating fluidised bed (CFB); Drag force; Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT); Solids motion; Standpipe; Voidage

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATING FLUIDISED BED (CFB); DRAG FORCE; POSITRON EMISSION PARTICLE TRACKING (PEPT); STANDPIPE; VOIDAGE;

DRAG; ELECTRONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; POSITRONS; WATER TOWERS;

TIME AND MOTION STUDY;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FLOW RATE; FORCE; MOTION; POSITRON; SOLID; WEIGHT;

EID: 67349188439     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2009.03.032     Document Type: Article

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