CFD modeling and validation of bubble properties for a bubbling fluidized bed

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4254-4266

  Hulme, Ian ^a   Clavelle, Eric ^b   Van Der Lee, Loni ^a,c   Kantzas, Apostolos ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NOVA CHEMICALS CORPORATION   (Canada)

^c Tomographic Imaging and Porous Media Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; POLYETHYLENES;

COLD FLOW MODEL; EULERIAN-EULERIAN MULTIPHASE MODEL; GLASS BEADS; X-RAY FLUOROSCOPY;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

BUBBLY FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZED BED;

EID: 20444368856     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049837j     Document Type: Article

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