Particle simulation of vibrated gas-fluidized beds of cohesive fine powders

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 6966-6977

  Moon, Sung Joon ^a   Kevrekidis, I G ^a   Sundaresan, S ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE PARTICLES; COHESIVE POWDERS; PARTICLE DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDIZATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TENSILE STRESS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TENSILE STRESS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 33748281793     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie051114s     Document Type: Article

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