The effect of bed materials on the solid/bubble motion in a fluidised bed

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 943-950

  Fan, Xianfeng ^a   Parker, David J ^a   Yang, Zhufang ^a   Seville, Jonathan P K ^a   Baeyens, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Fluidisation; Glass beads; Particle motion; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE CHAMBERS; EMISSION CONTROL; FLOW STRUCTURE; HEAT TRANSFER; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

GLASS BEADS; PARTICLE MOTION;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

BUBBLE CHAMBERS; EMISSION CONTROL; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HEAT TRANSFER; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 37549061453     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.06.045     Document Type: Article

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