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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIPHASE FLOW
Volume 35, Issue 11, Pages 1011-1016Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2009.06.010
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Fluidization; Acoustic emissions; Statistical analysis; Bubbles
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In the processes involving the movement of solid particles. acoustic emissions are caused by particle friction, collision and fluid turbulence. Particle behavior can therefore be monitored and characterized by assessing the acoustic emission signals. Herein, extensive measurements were carried out by microphone at different superficial gas velocities with different particle sizes. Acoustic emission signals were processed using statistical analysis from which the minimum fluidization velocity was determined from the variation of standard deviation, skewness and kurtosis of acoustic emission signals against superficial gas velocity. Initial minimum fluidization velocity, corresponding to onset of fluidization of finer particles in the solids mixture, at which isolated bubbles occur, was also detected by this method. It was shown that the acoustic emission measurement is highly feasible as a practical method for monitoring the hydrodynamics of gas-solid fluidized beds. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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