Modeling the hydrodynamics of downer reactors based on kinetic theory

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 1999, Pages 2019-2027

  Cheng, Yi ^a   Guo, Yincheng ^a   Wei, Fei ^a   Jin, Yong ^a   Lin, Wenyi ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Downer reactor; Hydrodynamics; Kinetic theory; Restitution coefficient; Scale up

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE COMPOSITION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TURBULENT FLOW;

DOWNER REACTORS; RESTITUTION COEFFICIENT; SCALE UP; WALL EFFECT;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZED BED; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC THEORY;

EID: 6544281574     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00293-0     Document Type: Article

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