Coal flame characterization by means of digital image processing in a semi-industrial scale PF swirl burner

Applied Energy

Volumn 94, Issue , 2012, Pages 375-384

  Gonzalez Cencerrado A ^a   Pena B ^a   Gil, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CCD camera; Coal flame; Digital image processing; Energy saving; Flame monitoring

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CCD CAMERAS; CHARACTERIZATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUMINANCE; VISUALIZATION;

ACQUISITION SYSTEMS; COAL FLAME; COAL FLAMES; COMBUSTION STATE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FLAME CONDITIONS; FLAME IMAGES; FLAME MONITORING; FLAME VISUALIZATION; HIGH-SPEED FRAMES; MONITORING AND CONTROL; OSCILLATING PATTERN; SPATIAL CHARACTERIZATION; SPECTRAL PARAMETERS; SWIRL BURNER; VISION BASED SYSTEM;

COAL COMBUSTION;

ALGORITHM; BURNING; COAL; COMBUSTION; DIGITAL IMAGE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMMETRY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84857479638     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.01.059     Document Type: Article

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