Discrete particle simulation of bubble and slug formation in a two-dimensional gas-fluidised bed: A hard-sphere approach

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-118

  Hoomans, B P B ^a   Kuipers, J A M ^a   Briels, W J ^a   Van Swaaij, W P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES; DISCRETE PARTICLES; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GAS; SIMULATION;

BUBBLE FORMATION; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; GASES; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

COLLISION; CONSERVATION LAWS; RESTITUTION COEFFICIENT; SLUG FORMATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 0029657217     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(95)00271-5     Document Type: Article

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