A new computational method for studying heat transfer in fluid bed reactors

Powder Technology

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 102-110

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Sales Marketing Innovation and Technology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discrete element method; Effective thermal conductivity; Heat transfer; Packed bed

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE; CFD MODELING; COLLIDING PARTICLES; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CORRECTION COEFFICIENTS; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISCRETE PARTICLE SIMULATION; DYNAMIC FLUIDS; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLUID-BEDS; GAS FLUIDIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISM; LITERATURE DATA; MODEL PARAMETERS; PARTICLE CONTACTS; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; TIME STEP; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DYNAMIC POSITIONING; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

PACKED BEDS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FLOW KINETICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PACKED BED REACTOR; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TIME; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 70350052409     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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