DEM simulation of polydisperse systems of particles in a fluidized bed

Particuology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-18

  Tagami, Nobuyuki ^a   Mujumdar, Ajit ^a   Horio, Masayuki ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discrete element method; Fluid drag force; Fluidized bed; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYDISPERSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURVEYING; SYSTEMS (METALLURGICAL); TERNARY ALLOYS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRACKING RADAR;

BINARY SYSTEMS; BUBBLE GROWTHS; DEM SIMULATIONS; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELS; DISPERSE SYSTEMS; DRAG FORCES; FLUID CELLS; FLUID DRAG FORCE; FLUIDIZED BED; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; MEAN DIAMETERS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE RATIOS; PARTICLE VELOCITIES; POLY-DISPERSE PARTICLES; POLYDISPERSE SYSTEMS; RELATIVE VELOCITIES; SURFACE AREAS;

FLUIDIZATION;

EID: 59149101761     PISSN: 16742001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.partic.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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