Application of process tomography as a tool for better understanding of fluidization quality in a conventional fluidized bed

2nd World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 324-338

  Makkawi, Y T ^a   Wright, P C ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical Capacitance Tomography; Fluidization Quality; FLUIDIZED Bed; Hydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE TOMOGRAPHY; FLUIDIZATION QUALITY; FLUIDIZATION REGIMES; FLUIDIZATION VELOCITY; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MINIMUM FLUIDIZATION VELOCITY; PROCESS TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 84909991651     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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