Velocity profiles of granules in moving bed filters

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-301

  Hsiau, S S ^a   Smid, J ^b   Wang, C Y ^a   Kuo, J T ^b   Chou, C S ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Filtration; Granules; Louvered walls; Moving bed; Particle tracking method; Velocity profiles

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIZED BEDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

LOUVERED WALLS; MOVING BED FILTERS; VELOCITY PROFILES;

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS);

FILTRATION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MOVING BED REGIME; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 0032937518     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00257-7     Document Type: Article

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