This work reviews methods for time-series analysis for characterization of the dynamics of
gas–solid fluidized beds from in-bed pressure measurements for different fluidization …

The scale-up of bubbling fluidized bed reactors to commercial size is a complex and
troublesome endeavor. In particular, the proper scale-up of the hydrodynamics and chemical …

The S-statistic, a statistical test between chaotic attractors for fluidized systems introduced by
van Ommen et al.[JR van Ommen, Monitoring fluidized bed hydrodynamics, PhD thesis …

This article offers an overview of the instrumentation techniques developed for multiphase
flow analysis either in gas/liquid or in gas/liquid/solid reactors. To characterise properly such …

Current worldwide commercial activities in converting natural gas to fuels and chemicals, or
gas-to-liquids technology use slurry bubble column reactors with column sizes considerable …

Acoustic measurement techniques are being developed to monitor the state of equipment
and the physicochemical changes within chemical engineering processes. The advantage …

Circulating fluidized beds (CFBs) have been widely applied in coal combustion and
gasification industry due to their excellent performance in terms of fuel flexibility and …

A fluidized bed of Geldart-A particles is promoted as heat transfer fluid in the tubular solar
receivers of solar towers. A pressure-driven upward particle flow affects the hydrodynamic …

Pressure fluctuation signals measured from four different axial locations in a bubbling bed
0.3 m in diameter and 3 m in height were analyzed using multiple approaches, including …

This paper reviews procedures for investigating the fluid-dynamic behavior of gas–solid
fluidized beds using pressure signals as obtained from modeling or experiments. The …