Discrete particle simulation and visualized research of the gas-solid flow in an internally circulating fluidized bed

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 214-221

  Bin, Yin ^a   Zhang, M C ^a   Dou, B L ^a   Song, Y B ^a   Wu, J ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VORTEX FLOW;

PARTICLE COLLISIONS;

GAS DYNAMICS;

BUBBLE; CIRCULATION; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS FLOW; GAS-SOLID TWO-PHASE FLOW; PARTICLE FLOW;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOLID; VORTEX MOTION;

EID: 0037425489     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie020435q     Document Type: Article

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