Demarcation of a New Circulating Turbulent Fluidization Regime

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 594-611

  Qi, Xiaobo ^a   Zhu, Haiyan ^a   Zhu, Jesse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circulating turbulent fluidization; Circulating turbulent fluidized bed; Flow regime; High density circulating fluidized bed; Hydrodynamics; Turbulent fluidized bed

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATING-TURBULENT FLUIDIZATION; CIRCULATING-TURBULENT FLUIDIZED BED; FLOW REGIME; HIGH-DENSITY CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED; TURBULENT FLUIDIZED BED;

DRAG; FLOW OF WATER; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TURBULENCE;

FLUIDIZATION;

EID: 63849318060     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11735     Document Type: Article

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