CFD analysis of air distribution in fluidised bed equipment

Powder Technology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 176-189

  Depypere, Frédéric ^a   Pieters, Jan G ^a   Dewettinck, Koen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computational Fluid Dynamics; Fluidisation; Glatt GPCG 1; Pressure drop; Reactor design; Woven wire plate

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER;

AIRFLOW; BED-EXCELLENT MIXING; MESH DISTRIBUTORS;

FLUIDICS;

STAINLESS STEEL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZED BED; PRESSURE DROP;

AIR; AIRFLOW; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZED BED; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; RECORDING; SIMULATION; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 4544331777     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2004.06.005     Document Type: Article

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