Fluid Dynamic Simulation of O3 Decomposition in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2793-2801

  Syamlal, Madhava ^a   O'Brien, Thomas J ^b  

^a ANSYS INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPOSITION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

FLUIDIZATION VELOCITIES; PARTICLE MOTION;

OZONE;

OZONE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZED BED; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL REACTION; DECOMPOSITION; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID; REACTOR; SIMULATION;

EID: 0344825354     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690491112     Document Type: Article

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