Particle image velocimetry experiment and discrete-element simulation of voidage wave instability in a vibrated liquid-fluidized bed

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1375-1389

  Lim, Eldin Wee Chuan ^a   Wong, Yee Sun ^b   Wang, Chi Hwa ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FLUIDIZED BED SYSTEMS; SOLID CONCENTRATIONS; VOIDAGE WAVES;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUIDIZED BEDS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33847673589     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie060864e     Document Type: Article

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