The minimum bubbling velocity of fluidized beds operating at high temperature

Powder Technology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-81

  Girimonte, R ^a   Formisani, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bed voidage; Expansion diagram; Fluidization; High temperature; Interparticle forces; Minimum bubbling velocity

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; CORUNDUM; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; SILICA; SILICA SAND; VELOCITY;

BED VOIDAGE; COLLAPSE TESTS; GELDART CLASSIFICATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERPARTICLE FORCES; MINIMUM BUBBLING VELOCITY; OPERATING TEMPERATURES; PARTICLE SYSTEMS; VARIOUS DENSITIES;

FLUIDIZATION;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BUBBLING; CHEMICAL REACTION; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; HIGH TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

EID: 57649235575     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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