CFD modelling of liquid fluidized beds in slugging mode

Powder Technology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 94-103

  Lettieri, Paola ^a   Di Felice, Renzo ^b   Pacciani, Roberta ^b   Owoyemi, Olumuyiwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CFD; Granular kinetic model; Liquid fluidized beds; Pressure drop; Slugging mode

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FLUIDIZATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FLUIDIZING VELOCITY; KINETIC MODELS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

WATER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUIDIZED BED; POWER SPECTRUM; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SIMULATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 33747886563     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2006.06.012     Document Type: Article

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