The influence of the distributor plate on the bottom zone of a fluidized bed approaching the transition from bubbling to turbulent fluidization

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-33

  Paiva, J M ^a   Pinho, c ^b   Figueiredo, R ^c  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bottom zone; Distributor plate; Fluidization regimes

Indexed keywords

AIR; CERAMIC MATERIALS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; SILICA; TURBULENCE;

PERFORATION GRIDS; PERSPEX PLATES;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

BUBBLY FLOW; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0442328457     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387604772803043     Document Type: Article

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