Revisiting the standard drag law for bubbling, gas-fluidized beds

Powder Technology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-400

  Leboreiro, José ^a   Joseph, Gustavo G ^a   Hrenya, Christine M ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Bubbling bed; Drag law; Gas fluidized bed; Injected bubble; MP PIC

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CORRELATION METHODS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BUBBLING BED; DRAG LAW; GAS-FLUIDIZED BED; INJECTED BUBBLE;

DRAG;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CORRELATION METHODS; DRAG; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ARTICLE; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS; HISTOGRAM; INJECTION; LINEAR SYSTEM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRESSURE; STANDARD; VELOCITY;

EID: 41549126538     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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