Voidage characteristics and prediction of bed expansion in liquid-solid inverse fluidized bed

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2545-2555

  Renganathan, T ^a   Krishnaiah, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Fluidization; Hydrodynamics; Inverse fluidized bed; Multiphase reactors; Terminal velocity; Voidage

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FLUIDIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; VOLUME FRACTION;

ARCHIMEDES NUMBER; BED EXPANSION; VOID FRACTION; VOIDAGE FLUCTUATIONS;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID-SOLID FLUIDIZED BED;

EID: 15344350809     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.11.034     Document Type: Article

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