A model for the collapse of a fluidized bed

Advanced Powder Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-59

  Gutfinger, Chaim ^a   Goldshtein, Alexander ^a   Weinstein, Herbert ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b City College of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed collapse; Catalyst powder; Fluidized bed; Modelling

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CATALYSTS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; POWDERS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHOCK WAVES; VISCOSITY;

BED COLLAPSE; CATALYST POWDER; MODELING; PHASE CONTINUITY; PRESSURE GRADIENTS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 15744372791     PISSN: 09218831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568552053166665     Document Type: Article

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