Non-intrusive monitoring of bubbles in a gas-solid fluidized bed using vibration signature analysis

Powder Technology

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 278-285

  Abbasi, M ^a   Sotudeh Gharebagh, R ^a   Mostoufi, N ^a   Mahjoob, M J ^b  

^a Chemical Engineering Petro Hitech Co   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bubble behavior; Fluidization; Short Time Fourier Transform (STFT); Vibration analysis

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE BEHAVIOR; FLOW REGIME TRANSITION; GAS-SOLID FLUIDIZED BED; INDIRECT CONTACT; MINIMUM FLUIDIZATION; NON-INTRUSIVE; PARTICLE FLOW; SHORT-TIME FOURIER TRANSFORM (STFT); SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; VIBRATION FREQUENCY; VIBRATION SIGNAL; VIBRATION SIGNATURE ANALYSIS;

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MODULATION; PARTICLE SIZE; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

ACCELEROMETER; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GAS; MEASUREMENT; MICROBUBBLE; MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; RELIABILITY; SOLID; VELOCITY; VIBRATION;

EID: 70349453923     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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