Experimental research of flow patterns and pressure signals in horizontal dense phase pneumatic conveying of pulverized coal

Powder Technology

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 600-609

  Cong, Xingliang ^a   Guo, Xiaolei ^a   Gong, Xin ^a   Lu, Haifeng ^a   Dong, Weibing ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dense phase; Flow patterns; Pneumatic conveying; Pressure signals; Pulverized coal

Indexed keywords

DENSE PHASE; DENSE PHASE PNEUMATIC CONVEYING; ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE TOMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; FLOW REGIMES; HORIZONTAL TUBES; HURST EXPONENTS; MULTIPLE FLOW PATTERNS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PNEUMATIC CONVEYING; PNEUMATIC CONVEYING SYSTEM; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY FUNCTION; PRESSURE SIGNAL; PRESSURE SIGNALS; PROBABILITY CALCULATIONS; PULVERIZED COALS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID CONCENTRATIONS; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES;

COAL; COAL RESEARCH; CONVEYING; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; PNEUMATICS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TWO PHASE FLOW; VOID FRACTION;

FLOW PATTERNS;

COAL;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; COAL GASIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; PARTICLE SIZE; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROCESS MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID STATE; SPECTROMETRY; TUBE FLOW;

EID: 79952739629     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2010.12.027     Document Type: Article

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