Mixing and circulation of solids in spouted beds: Particle tracking and Monte Carlo emulation of the gross flow pattern

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1497-1507

  Larachi, Faïçal ^a   Grandjean, Bernard P A ^a   Chaouki, Jamal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Particle circulation length and time; Particle tracking; Solids mixing; Spouted bed; Stochastic modeling

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SPOUTED BEDS;

SOLIDS;

FLOW PATTERN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIXING; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; SOLID-SOLID MIXING; SPOUTED BED;

EID: 0037391179     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00676-0     Document Type: Article

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