Property-averaging applied to determination of volume contraction in binary-solid liquid-fluidized beds

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-266

  Escudié, Renaud ^a   Epstein, Norman ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binary solids; Liquid fluidization; Property averaging; Volume contraction; Westman equation

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; PACKED BEDS; SHRINKAGE; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

BINARY SOLIDS; LIQUID FLUIDIZATION; PROPERTY-AVERAGING; VOLUME CONTRACTION; WESTMAN EQUATION;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 54949129071     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20045     Document Type: Article

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