CFD simulations of bubbling/collapsing fluidized beds for three geldart groups

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 844-858

  Gelderbloom, Susan J ^a   Gidaspow, Dimitri ^b   Lyczkowski, Robert W ^c  

^a DOW CORNING CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SHOT NOISE;

BED EXPANSION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

BUBBLY FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZED BED; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REVIEW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0037392434     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690490405     Document Type: Review

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