Hydrodynamic similarity in circulating fluidized bed risers

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 5613-5625

  Qi, Xiaobo ^a,b   Zhu, Jesse ^b   Huang, Weixing ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circulating fluidized bed; Fluidization; Hydrodynamics; Scaling; Similarity

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOW OF SOLIDS; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PRESSURE GRADIENT; TWO PHASE FLOW; VELOCITY CONTROL;

AXIAL PROFILES; CFB RISERS; CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED; CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED RISERS; DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FLOW SYSTEMS; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; MEASURING; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PARTICLE VELOCITIES; RADIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIAL PROFILES; SAND PARTICLES; SCALING; SCALING PARAMETERS; SIMILARITY; SIMILARITY PARAMETERS; SOLID CONCENTRATIONS; TWO-PHASE FLOWS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 54449089100     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.07.036     Document Type: Article

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