Fluid bed gas RTD: Effect of fines and internals

Powder Technology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Lorences, María J ^a   Laviolette, Jean Philippe ^b   Patience, Gregory S ^b   Alonso, Mónica ^a   Díez, Fernando V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axial dispersion; Fines; Fluid bed; Gas hydrodynamics; Internals; n CSTRs; RTD

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CATALYST ACTIVITY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS;

AXIAL DISPERSION; GAS HYDRODYNAMICS; GAS RESIDENCE TIME (RTD); PECLET NUMBER;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

NITROGEN; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANADIUM DERIVATIVE; VANADYL PYROPHOSPHATE;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CATALYST ACTIVITY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; OXIDATION; SOLID; TIME; VELOCITY;

EID: 33748548377     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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