Simulation of particles and gas flow behavior in the riser section of a circulating fluidized bed using the kinetic theory approach for the particulate phase

Powder Technology

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 24-33

  Benyahia, S ^a   Arastoopour, H ^a   Knowlton, T M ^b   Massah, H ^c  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PARTICULATE SOLID RESEARCH   (United States)

^c ANSYS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulating beds; FCC particles; Fluidization; Kinetic theory; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; KINETIC THEORY;

CIRCULATING BEDS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW ANALYSIS; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS-SOLID MIXING; KINETIC THEORY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOW KINETICS; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS FLOW; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0034610115     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(99)00302-2     Document Type: Article

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