Comparison of the performance of liquid-gas injection nozzles in a gas-solid fluidized bed

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 780-788

  Leach, Aidan ^a   Chaplin, Gareth ^a   Briens, Cedric ^a   Berruti, Franco ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atomization nozzle; Electrical conductance; Fluidization; Liquid injection; Liquid solid contact efficiency; Spray nozzle

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AIR; ATOMIZATION; ATOMIZERS; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FLUIDS; GASES; HYDRAULICS; JETS; LIQUIDS; PESTICIDES; POLYMERS; SILICA; SILICA SAND; THEOREM PROVING;

ATOMIZATION GASSES; CONDUCTIVE PROBES; DROPLET SIZES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKERS; FLUID COKERS; FLUIDIZED PARTICLES; GAS INJECTIONS; GASFLOW RATES; HEAT TRANSFER LIMITATIONS; INJECTED LIQUIDS; LASER SCATTERINGS; LIQUID INJECTION; NOZZLE DESIGNS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; POLYMERIZATION REACTORS; SAND PARTICLES; SPRAY NOZZLE; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS;

NOZZLES;

EID: 57849133898     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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