Multi-scale CFD simulation of operating diagram for gas-solid risers

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 448-457

  Wang, Wei ^a,b   Lu, Bona ^c   Dong, Weigang ^c   Li, Jinghai ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Choking; Fluidization; Multi scale; Simulation; Transition; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FLOW OF WATER; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASES; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VELOCITY;

CARRYING CAPACITIES; CFB RISERS; CFD SIMULATIONS; CHOKING; CHOKING PHENOMENON; CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED (CFB); CRITICAL POINTS; ENGINEERING OPERATIONS; FLOW REGIMES; GAS VELOCITIES; INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS; INTRINSIC NATURES; MULTI-SCALE; OPERATING DIAGRAMS; RISER FLOWS; SIMULATION; SIMULATION RESULTS; SOLIDS FLUXES; TRANSITION;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 54949149563     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20067     Document Type: Article

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