Simulation of coal combustion in a bubbling fluidized bed by distinct element method

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1144-1149

  Zhou, H ^a   Flamant, G ^a   Gauthier, D ^a   Flitris, Y ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coal combustion; Distinct element method; Fluidized bed; Large eddy simulation

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GAS EMISSIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

DISTINCT ELEMENT METHOD (DEM); FLOW STRUCTURES;

COAL COMBUSTION;

BUBBLING SYSTEM; COAL; COMBUSTION; FLUIDIZED BED; HEAT TRANSFER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

EID: 0347415857     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387603770866308     Document Type: Article

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