Particle scale study of heat transfer in packed and bubbling fluidized beds

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 868-884

  Zhou, Z Y ^a   Yu, A B ^a   Zulli, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BlueScope Steel   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Discrete particle simulation; Fluidized beds; Heat transfer; Heat transfer coefficient; Packed beds

Indexed keywords

BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BEDS; DISCRETE PARTICLE SIMULATION; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW CONDITIONS; GAS SUPERFICIAL VELOCITIES; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT TRANSFER IN FLUIDIZED BEDS; HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISMS; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE CONDUCTIONS; PARTICLE CONVECTIONS; PARTICLE RADIATIONS; PARTICLE-FLUID FLOWS;

BUBBLE FORMATION; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDS; FULL MOLD PROCESS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PACKED BEDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF GASES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 65349151969     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11823     Document Type: Article

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