CFD modeling and validation of the turbulent fluidized bed of FCC particles

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1680-1694

  Gao, Jinsen ^a   Lan, Xingying ^a   Fan, Yiping ^a   Chang, Jian ^a   Wang, Gang ^a   Lu, Chunxi ^a   Xu, Chunming ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Drag force model; Eulerian simulation; FCC particle; Turbulent fluidized bed

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS; CFD MODELING; CFD SOFTWARES; COEFFICIENT OF RESTITUTION; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DISPERSED FLOW; DRAG FORCE MODEL; DRAG MODEL; EULERIAN SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FCC PARTICLE; FLOW MODEL; GAS VELOCITY; GAS-SOLID; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; MODEL PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; RADIAL PARTICLES; SOLID VOLUME FRACTION; TURBULENT FLUIDIZED BED; WALL REGION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SIMULATORS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 68049144957     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11824     Document Type: Article

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