Hydrodynamics of a superheated steam vacuum fluidized bed

Powder Technology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 168-175

  Kozanoglu, Bulent ^a   Patiño, Jose Luis ^a   Chanes, Jorge Welti ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fluidization; Hydrodynamics; Minimum fluidization velocity; Superheated steam; Vacuum

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLUIDIZATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STEAM; SUPERHEATERS; VACUUM;

AIR FLUIDIZED BEDS; BED VOIDAGE; OPERATING PRESSURE; SUPERHEATED STEAM VACUUM;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

FLUIDIZED BED; HYDRODYNAMICS; STEAM;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; HEATING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 15044362626     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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