Scale effects in fluidized multiphase reactors

Powder Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 137-146

  Krishna, R ^a   Van Baten, J M ^a   Ellenberger, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Gas solid fluidized bed; Scale up; Slurry reactors; Two phase model

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLUMNS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLUIDIZED MULTIPHASE REACTOR; GAS SOLID FLUIDIZED BED; SLURRY REACTOR; TWO PHASE MODEL;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

BUBBLE DISTILLATION COLUMN; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS-SOLID FLUIDIZED BED; SLURRY; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; POWDER; SOLID;

EID: 0032402501     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(98)00134-X     Document Type: Article

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