Dispersion of particle pulses in fluidized beds measured by positron emission tomography

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 791-801

  Dechsiri, C ^a   Van Der Zwan, E A ^a   Dehling, H G ^b   Hoffmann, Alex C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Fluidization; Gulf streaming; Positron emission tomography; Pulse

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DATA REDUCTION; DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CYCLICAL AXIAL MOTION; FLUIDIZATION BUBBLES; PULSE DISPERSION; RADIOACTIVE LABELLAR;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

FLUIDIZED BED;

EID: 15944417863     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10347     Document Type: Article

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