Flow pattern characteristics in vertical dense-phase pneumatic conveying of pulverized coal using electrical capacitance tomography

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 46, 2012, Pages 15268-15275

  Cong, Xingliang ^a   Guo, Xiaolei ^a   Lu, Haifeng ^a   Gong, Xin ^a   Liu, Kai ^a   Xie, Kai ^a   Sun, Xiaolin ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; CHOCKING VELOCITY; DENSE PHASE PNEUMATIC CONVEYING; ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE TOMOGRAPHY; FORMATION MECHANISM; HIGH SOLID CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE DYNAMICS; PATTERN CHARACTERISTIC; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); PULVERIZED COALS; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SOLID CONCENTRATIONS; VERTICAL RISERS;

COAL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PULVERIZED FUEL; TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW PATTERNS;

EID: 84869405110     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie3011897     Document Type: Article

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