An experimental and numerical study of flow patterns in a circulating fluidized bed reactor

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 575-591

  Samuelsberg, A ^a   Hjertager, B H ^a  

^a Telemark Inst of Technology(HiT TF)   (Norway)

Author keywords

CFD; Circulating fluidized bed; Kinetic theory of granular flow; LDA; Multi phase modelling; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TWO PHASE FLOW;

CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED; KINETIC THEORY OF GRANULAR FLOW; MULTIPHASE MODELING;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

ANEMOMETERS-LASER DOPPLER; CIRCULATING; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 0030153041     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9322(95)00080-1     Document Type: Article

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