Detailed measurements of flow structure inside a dense gas-solids fluidized bed

Powder Technology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-349

  Zhu, Haiyan ^a   Zhu, Jesse ^a   Li, Guozheng ^b   Li, Fengyun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic two phase flow structure; Particle velocity; Radial symmetry; Solids concentration; Turbulent fluidized bed

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUIDIZED BEDS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

DYNAMIC TWO-PHASE FLOW STRUCTURE; PARTICLE VELOCITY; RADIAL SYMMETRY; SOLIDS CONCENTRATION; TURBULENT FLUIDIZED BED;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

GLASS FIBER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS; PROBABILITY; SOLID; VELOCITY;

EID: 37449018903     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2007.02.043     Document Type: Article

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