Numerical simulation of the bubbling fluidized bed coal gasification by the kinetic theory of granular flow (KTGF)

Fuel

Volumn 86, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 722-734

  Yu, Liang ^a,b   Lu, Jing ^a,b   Zhang, Xiangping ^a   Zhang, Suojiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bubbling fluidized bed coal gasifier; Kinetic theory of granular flow; Two fluid model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; GASIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING;

BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED COAL GASIFIERS; KINETIC THEORY OF GRANULAR FLOW (KTGF); TWO-FLUID MODELS;

COAL;

EID: 33845669164     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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