Numerical simulation of gas and particle flow in a rotating fluidized bed

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2627-2633

  Ahmadzadeh, A ^a   Arastoopour, H ^a   Teymour, F ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUIDIZATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PRESSURE DROP; VOLUME FRACTION;

PARTICLE FLOW;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

POLYETHYLENE;

FLUIDIZED BED; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE FLOW; POLYMERIZATION; VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; BIOPROCESS; CALCULATION; DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; GAS FLOW; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; SIMULATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 0038209606     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie020740b     Document Type: Article

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