Effect of distributor designs on the flow development in downer reactor

AIChE Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1587-1592

  Johnston, Philip M ^a   Zhu, Jing Xu ^a   De Lasa, Hugo I ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE SEPARATORS; FLOW CONTROL; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MACHINE DESIGN; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BAD APPARATUS; DISTRIBUTOR DESIGN; DOWNER REACTOR;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; FLOW KINETICS; FLUIDIZED BED; NOTE; REACTOR;

EID: 0032773070     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690450720     Document Type: Note

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