Hydrodynamic and solid residence time distribution in a circulating fluidized bed: Experimental and 3D computational study

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 463-473

  Andreux, Régis ^a   Petit, Geoffrey ^b   Hemati, Mehrdji ^b   Simonin, Olivier ^c  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

^c IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

Circulating fluidized bed; Local pressure drop; Local vertical solid mass flux; Residence time distributions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP;

CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED; LOCAL PRESSURE DROP; LOCAL VERTICAL SOLID MASS FLUX; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS (RTD);

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 37749013608     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2007.01.023     Document Type: Article

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