CFD simulations of particle mixing in a binary fluidized bed

Powder Technology

Volumn 151, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 27-36

  Cooper, Scott ^a   Coronella, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Fluidized beds; Particle segregation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSIMILAR MATERIALS; DRAG; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

BINARY FLUIDIZED BEDS; COMPUTER FLUID DYNAMIC (CFD) SIMULATIONS; GAS VELOCITY; PARTICLE MIXING;

MIXING;

COKE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

FLUIDIZED BED;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DENSITY; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS FLOW; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; SOLID; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 15944387930     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2004.11.041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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