Stochastic simulation of hydrodynamics of a liquid-solid inverse fluidized bed

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 4405-4412

  Renganathan, T ^a   Krishnaiah, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE DROP;

BED VOIDAGE; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY;

FLUIDIZED BED; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID-SOLID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC METHOD;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZED BED; HYDRODYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; STEADY STATE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 3242736505     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0304513     Document Type: Article

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