Tomographic diagnosis of gas maldistribution in gas-solid fluidized beds

Powder Technology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-250

  Patel, Ashutosh K ^a   Waje, Sunil S ^a   Thorat, Bhaskar N ^a   Mujumdar, Arun S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Algebraic reconstruction technique; Distributor design; Fluidized bed dryer; Gamma ray tomography; Mixing; Solid hold up

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIZATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; PRESSURE DROP; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGEBRAIC RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE; DISTRIBUTOR DESIGN; FLUIDIZED BED DRYER; GAMMA-RAY TOMOGRAPHY; SOLID HOLD-UP;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; PRESSURE DROP; TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; GAMMA RAY TOMOGRAPHY; GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

EID: 44449113163     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2007.10.019     Document Type: Article

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