Can low frequency accelerometry replace pressure measurements for monitoring gas-solid fluidized beds?

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 4055-4064

  de Martín, Lilian ^a   Villa Briongos, Javier ^b   Aragón, José M ^a   Palancar, María C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bubble; Dynamic diagnosis; Fluidization; Hydrodynamics; Nonlinear dynamics; Process control

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER SIGNALS; ACCELEROMETRY; BUBBLE; BUBBLE DYNAMICS; COHERENCE FUNCTION ANALYSIS; CROSS CORRELATIONS; GAS-SOLID FLUIDIZED BED; HILBERT TRANSFORM; LOCAL FEATURE; LOW FREQUENCY; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; OUTPUT POWER; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION MEASUREMENTS; PRESSURE SIGNAL;

ACCELEROMETERS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MONITORING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCERS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 77953159050     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.03.039     Document Type: Article

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