Non-intrusive determination of bubble size in a gas-solid fluidized bed: An evaluation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3485-3493

  Liu, Mengxi ^a   Zhang, Yongmin ^a   Bi, Hsiaotao ^b   Grace, John R ^b   Zhu, Yadong ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CHINA PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Bubble size; Fluidized bed; Optical probe; Pressure fluctuations; Signal decoupling

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE SIZE; CHORD LENGTHS; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SIGNALS; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURES; GAS-SOLID FLUIDIZED BED; MEAN FREQUENCY; NON-INTRUSIVE; OPTICAL PROBE; PRESSURE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; PRESSURE SIGNAL; SIGNAL DECOUPLING; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES;

FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; PROBES; SPECTRAL DENSITY;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951112847     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.02.049     Document Type: Article

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