Modelling of dense gas-particle flow in a circulating fluidized bed by Distinct Cluster Method (DCM)

Powder Technology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-244

  Liu, Xiangjun ^a   Xu, Xuchang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dense gas particle two phase flow; Distinct Cluster Method; Particle cluster

Indexed keywords

BREAK-UP; CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED; CLUSTER METHOD; CLUSTER MOTION; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; DENSE GAS; DENSE GAS-PARTICLE TWO-PHASE FLOW; DEVELOPING PROCESS; DISCRETE PHASE; DISTINCT CLUSTER METHOD; EULERIAN APPROACH; EXISTING METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; LAGRANGIAN APPROACHES; LEAN PHASE; MACROSCOPIC PARTICLES; MICROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; NONUNIFORM; PARTICLE CLUSTER; PARTICLE CLUSTERING; PARTICLE CLUSTERS; PARTICLE NUMBERS; TIME-AVERAGED;

COALESCENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASES; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; SIMULATORS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

ARTICLE; DISTINCT CLUSTER METHOD; FLOW KINETICS; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 67651175831     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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