CFD modelling of a liquid-solid fluidized bed

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 6334-6348

  Cornelissen, Jack T ^a   Taghipour, Fariborz ^a   Escudié, Renaud ^a,b   Ellis, Naoko ^a   Grace, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

CFD; Computation; Fluidization; Liquid fluidized bed; Mathematical modelling; Multiphase flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY;

GRANULAR FLOW; LIQUID FLUIDIZED BED; MESH SIZE;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34948842959     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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