On the onset of incipient fluidization

Powder Technology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-180

  Tan, Ka Kheng ^a   Tan, Yee Wan ^b   Tey, Beng Ti ^b   Look, Kar Yang ^b  

^a HELP UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Incipient fluidization; Onset; Transient Rayleigh number

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD); GAS-DIFFUSION; INCIPIENT FLUIDIZATION; MOMENTUM FORCE; ONSET; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; TRANSIENT RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

FLUID MECHANICS;

ACCURACY; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; FORCE; FRICTION; GAS DIFFUSION; HEAT TRANSFER; PARTICULATE MATTER; POROSITY; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY;

EID: 53049084045     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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