A generalized bubbling/turbulent fluidized-bed reactor model

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 1999, Pages 2175-2185

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

^a MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluidization; Probabilistic model averaging; Reactor modeling; Turbulent fluidization regime

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLUIDIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; TURBULENCE;

PLUG FLOW; PROBABILISTIC AVERAGING;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

FLUIDIZED BED; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0033166105     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00354-6     Document Type: Article

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