Numerical simulation of the gas-solid flow in a fluidized bed by combining discrete particle method with computational fluid dynamics

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2785-2809

  Xu, B H ^a   Yu, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discrete particle method; Fluidization; Gas solid flow; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FLUIDIZATION; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PRESSURE DROP;

DISCRETE PARTICLE METHOD; NEWTON'S SECOND LAW OF MOTION; NEWTON'S THIRD LAW OF MOTION;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZED; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL;

EID: 0031214812     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00081-X     Document Type: Article

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