DEM modeling and simulation of a catalytic gas-solid fluidized bed reactor: A spouted bed as a case study

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 22-23, 2004, Pages 5225-5231

  Limtrakul, Sunun ^a   Boonsrirat, Asada ^a   Vatanatham, Terdthai ^a  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Discrete element method; Fluidization; Mass transfer; Multiphase reactors; Simulation; Spouted bed

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC REACTORS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; VELOCITY;

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD (DEM); MASS CONSERVATION COUPLING; OZONE CONVERSION; PARTICLE MOTION;

MASS TRANSFER;

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS-SOLID FLUIDIZED BED; MASS TRANSFER; SPOUTED BED;

EID: 10044257712     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.09.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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