Factorial tests on process operating conditions and bed fines on the circulating fluid bed performance

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 4166-4173

  Shadle, Lawrence J ^a   Spenik, James ^b   Sarra, Angela ^a   Ontko, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b REM Engineering Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COKE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AIR FLOWS; CIRCULATING FLUID BED;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

COKE;

FLUIDIZED BED; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; TESTING;

AERATION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CARBONIZER; CIRCULATING FLUID BED; CIRCULATION; DEVICE; ERROR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FLOW; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; GAS; GASIFICATION; GENERAL LINEAR MODEL; MASS CIRCULATION; MATERIALS; MODEL; PACKED BED REACTOR; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; REACTOR OPERATION; SOLID; TUBE; UNCERTAINTY; VELOCITY;

EID: 3242689642     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie030371z     Document Type: Article

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