Practical validation of the two-fluid model applied to dense gas-solid flows in fluidized beds

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 5854-5869

  Lindborg, HÅvard ^a   Lysberg, Magne ^b   Jakobsen, Hugo A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fluid mechanics; Fluidization; Granular materials; Multiphase flow; Simulation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDIZATION; GAS MIXTURES; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS EQUATION; TURBULENCE;

BUBBLE SIZE; GAS SOLID FLOWS; REACTIVE SYSTEMS;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GAS MIXTURES; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS EQUATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 34748915176     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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