Analysis of the bubbling behaviour of 2D gas solid fluidized beds. Part II. Comparison between experiments and numerical simulations via Digital Image Analysis Technique

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 145-163

  Busciglio, Antonio ^a   Vella, Giuseppa ^a   Micale, Giorgio ^a   Rizzuti, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Digital Image Analysis Technique; Fluidization

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMULSIFICATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASES; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

BED EXPANSIONS; BUBBLE HOLD-UP; CFD-SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GAS-PHASE; GAS-SOLID FLUIDIZATION; GAS-SOLID FLUIDIZED BEDS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; VELOCIMETRY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 60949097783     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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