CFD modelling and simulation of hydrodynamics in liquid-solid circulating fluidized beds

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-185

  Cheng, Yi ^a   Zhu, Jing Xu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; Flow structure; Hydrodynamics; Liquid solid circulating fluidized bed; Nonuniformity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFINED FLOW; KINETIC THEORY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

GRANULAR FLOW; LIQUID-SOLID CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BEDS (LSCFB); PARTICLE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LIQUID-SOLID FLUIDIZED BED;

EID: 22144462066     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450830204     Document Type: Article

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