Particle motion in L-valve as observed by positron emission particle tracking

Powder Technology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-149

  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; Dune flow; L valve; Positron emission particle tracking (PEPT); Positron tracking; Tracer

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATING FLUIDISED BED; DUNE FLOW; L-VALVE; POSITRON EMISSION PARTICLE TRACKING (PEPT); TRACER;

ELECTRONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; POSITRONS; VALVES (MECHANICAL); VELOCITY;

TIME AND MOTION STUDY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZED BED; MOTION; POSITRON; POSITRON EMISSION PARTICLE TRACKING; SOLID;

EID: 67349207427     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2009.02.016     Document Type: Article

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