CFD modeling of an internally circulating fluidized-bed reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 1999, Pages 2085-2093

  Marschall, K J ^a   Mleczko, L ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Internally circulating fluidized bed reactor

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE DROP;

ENTRAINMENT REGION; INTERNALLY CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZED BED; HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033165984     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00419-9     Document Type: Article

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