Characteristics of gas-solid mass transfer in a cocurrent downflow circulating fluidized bed reactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 9-15

  Luo, Baolin ^a   Yan, Dong ^a   Ma, Ying L ^b   Barghi, Shahzad ^b   Zhu, Jesse ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Downflow circulating fluidized bed; Gas solids mass transfer; Steady state adsorption

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARCOAL; DISPERSIONS; FLUIDIZED BEDS;

DOWNFLOW CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED; GAS-SOLIDS MASS TRANSFER; STEADY-STATE ADSORPTION;

MASS TRANSFER;

ADSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARCOAL; DISPERSIONS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 34249746287     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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