Solids motion and holdup profiles in liquid fluidized beds

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1889-1900

  Limtrakul, Sunun ^a   Chen, Jinwen ^b   Ramachandran, Palghat A ^b   Duduković, Milorad P ^b  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluidization; Liquid fluidized beds; Multiphase reactors; Non invasive technique; Solids mixing; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; GAMMA RAYS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

COMPUTER-AIDED RADIOACTIVE PARTICLES TRACKING; HOLDUP PROFILES; SOLID MOTIONS; SOLID VELOCITY PROFILES;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; TURBULENCE;

EID: 13844253405     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.11.026     Document Type: Article

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