Layer inversion and bed contraction in down-flow binary-solid liquid-fluidized beds

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-35

  Escudie R ^a,b   Epstein, N ^a   Grace, J R ^a   Bi, H T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Downward liquid fluidization; Fluidized bed contraction; Inverse fluidization; Layer inversion; Segregation

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; FLUIDIZATION; PACKED BEDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

BULK DENSITY; FLUIDIZED BED CONTRACTION; LIQUID VELOCITIES; SOLID LIQUID FLUIDIZED BEDS;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

BINARY MIXTURES; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; PACKED BEDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

EID: 34548219455     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450850102     Document Type: Article

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