Multi-scale CFD simulation of gas-solid flow in MIP reactors with a structure-dependent drag model

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 18-20, 2007, Pages 5487-5494

  Lu, Bona ^a,b   Wang, Wei ^a   Li, Jinghai ^a   Wang, Xianghui ^a,b   Gao, Shiqiu ^a   Lu, Weimin ^c   Xu, Youhao ^c   Long, Jun ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING   (China)

Author keywords

Choking; Drag force; Flow regime; Fluidization; Multi scale structure; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ENERGY MINIMIZATION MULTI-SCALE (EMMS); MULTIPLE FLOW REGIMES; REACTION ZONES; RISER FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; FLUIDIZATION; PARAFFINS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

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

EID: 34547941418     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.12.071     Document Type: Article

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