Fluidization of non-spherical particles: Sphericity, Zingg factor and other fluidization parameters

Particuology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-129

  Liu, Baiqian ^a   Zhang, Xiaohui ^a   Wang, Ligang ^a   Hong, Hui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Fluidized bed; Non spherical particle; Particle morphology; Sphericity

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE DROP; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FLUIDIZING COEFFICIENTS; NON SPHERICAL PARTICLES; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGY; SPHERICITY; ZINGG FACTORS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 41949130445     PISSN: 16742001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpart.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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