“…Hence, to answer the above questions, and to properly understand the solids flow inside risers, it is first necessary to map the solids flow field inside a pilot-scale riser. Several researchers employed invasive methods such as pitot tubes, extraction probes, isokinetic probes, spatial filter processes, and optical fiber probes to characterize mean radial velocity profiles (Bader et al; 1 Miller and Gidaspow; 8 Harris et al; 9 Fiedler et al; 10 Parssinen and Zhu 4 ). Some noninvasive methods used were based on optical techniques such as PIV, LDV, and high-speed cameras (Rhodes et al; 11 Wang et al 12 ), while a few others were based on the use of radioisotopes, such as PEPT (Stellema 13 ) and radioactive particle tracking (Godfroy et al 14 ).…”