CFD modeling of binary-fluidized suspensions and investigation of role of particle-particle drag on mixing and segregation

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1924-1940

  Owoyemi, Olumuyiwa ^a   Mazzei, Luca ^a   Lettieri, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binary systems; Bubble dynamics; CFD; Equations of change; Fluidization; Mixing and segregation; Multiphase flow; Particle particle drag

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

PARTICLE PARTICLE DRAG; TWO FLUID EQUATIONS;

FLUIDIZATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

EID: 34547663185     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11227     Document Type: Article

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