Effect of injection-nozzle operating parameters on the interaction between a gas-liquid jet and a gas-solid fluidized bed

Powder Technology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Portoghese, Federica ^a   Ferrante, Lorenzo ^b   Berruti, Franco ^a   Briens, Cedric ^a   Chan, Edward ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atomization; Gas liquid jets; Gas solid fluidized bed; Nozzle; Spray

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; NOZZLES; RATE CONSTANTS; SPRAYING;

GAS-LIQUID JETS; GAS-SOLID FLUIDIZED BED;

JETS;

ATOMIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; JETS; NOZZLES; RATE CONSTANTS; SPRAYING;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; COKING INDUSTRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS; INJECTION; LIQUID; NEBULIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PROCESSING; SOLID;

EID: 41949113453     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2007.07.029     Document Type: Article

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