Fluidized bed catalytic reactor modeling across the flow regimes

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 305-311

  Grace, John R ^a   Abba, Ibrahim A ^a   Bi, Hsiaotao ^a   Thompson, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catalytic processes; Flow regimes; Fluidization; Reactor models; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FLUIDIZATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

CATALYTIC REACTIONS; FLOW RATES; FLOW REGIMES; FLUIDIZED BED CATALYTIC REACTOR; TURBULENT FLUIDIZATION REGIME;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

CATALYST; FLOW REGIME RELATIONS; FLUIDIZED BED;

EID: 0032859633     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450770216     Document Type: Article

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