Analysis of regime transitions and flow instabilities in vertical conveying of coarse particles using different solids feeding systems

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-59

  Costa, Ione A ^a   Ferreira, Maria Do Carmo ^b   Freire, José T ^b  

^a Intgd Fed C Diamantina (FAFEID)   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coarse particles; Flow regimes; Spouted bed solid feeding system

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FLOW INSTABILITIES; TRANSITION VELOCITY;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

ANALYSIS; FLOW; FLOW REGIME RELATIONS; INSTABILITY; PARTICLE FLOW; SPOUTED BED;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FEEDING APPARATUS; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GRAVITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SOLID; SOLID FEEDING SYSTEM; SPOUTED BED FEEDER;

EID: 3342969450     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450820107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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