Predicting the transition from bubbling to slugging fluidization using computational fluid dynamics

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 939-944

  Lettieri, P ^a   Saccone, G ^b   Cammarata, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bubbling; Computational fluid dynamics; Fluidization; Granular kinetic model; Slugging

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SIMULATED TRANSITION VELOCITY; SLUGGING FLUIDIZATION;

FLUIDIZATION;

BUBBLING SYSTEM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; SLUGGING;

EID: 4143117757     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/0263876041580776     Document Type: Article

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