Minimum fluidization velocity of a three-phase conical fluidized bed in comparison to a cylindrical fluidized bed

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-36

  Zhou, Dandan ^a,d   Dong, Shuangshi ^b   Wang, Heli ^a   Bi, Hsiaotao T ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; LIQUIDS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

BED HEIGHTS; CONICAL FLUIDIZED BEDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS; ERGUN EQUATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS HOLD-UP; GAS LIQUID SOLIDS; GEOMETRICAL VARIATIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; MINIMUM FLUIDIZATION VELOCITIES; PARTICLE MIXING;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 61649111409     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie8001974     Document Type: Article

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