CFD simulation of hydrodynamics in downer reactors

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 189, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1598-1610

  Zheng, Yu ^a   Cheng, Yi ^a   Wei, Fei ^a   Jin, Yong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CFD; Downer reactor; Flow structure; Inlet; Kinetic theory; Scale up; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC THEORY; STEADY FLOW; TURBULENCE;

TURBULENCE MECHANISMS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELD; GAS-SOLID TWO-PHASE FLOW; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; REACTOR; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0142249405     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713711066     Document Type: Article

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