Choking and flow regime transitions: Simulation by a multi-scale CFD approach

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 814-819

  Wang, Wei ^a   Lu, Bona ^a   Li, Jinghai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Choking; Fluidization; Multi scale; Simulation; Transition; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; HYDRODYNAMICS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CHOKING; FLOW REGIME TRANSITIONS; GAS FLOW RATES;

FLUIDIZATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; FLUIDIZATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33845459243     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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