Case studies for selective agglomeration detection in fluidized beds: Application of a new screening methodology

Powder Technology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-166

  Bartels, Malte ^a   Nijenhuis, John ^a   Kapteijn, Freek ^a   van Ommen, J Ruud ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data filtering; Fluidized beds; Monitoring; Screening methodology; Selective agglomeration detection; Signal analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; DATA FILTERING; DETECTION SIGNAL; EARLY DETECTION; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; MATRIX; PILOT SCALE; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT METHODS; PROCESS CHANGE; SELECTIVE AGGLOMERATION; TEMPORAL RESPONSE;

AGGLOMERATION; BUBBLE FORMATION; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; MONITORING; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

AGGLOMERATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

EID: 77955513064     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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