Gas Mixing and Modeling of Secondary Gas Distribution in a Bench-Scale Fluidized Bed

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 922-936

  Al Sherehy, Fahad ^a   Grace, John ^a   Adris, Alaa Eldin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluidization; Gas mixing; Jets; Modeling; Secondary feed

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC CRACKING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING;

BACKMIXING; SECONDARY GAS DISTRIBUTION;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

DISTRIBUTION; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS-GAS MIXING; MODELING;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS; GAS MIXING; INJECTION; MASS; MODEL; STEADY STATE; VELOCITY;

EID: 2342652418     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10090     Document Type: Article

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