Numerical simulation of single and multiple gas jets in bubbling fluidized beds

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 4884-4898

  Li, Tingwen ^a   Pougatch, Konstantin ^a   Salcudean, Martha ^a   Grecov, Dana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluid mechanics; Fluidization; Jet penetration; Multiphase flow; Secondary gas injection; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED; FLOW HYDRODYNAMICS; GAS INJECTION; GAS JET; GAS JET INJECTION; INJECTION FLOW RATE; INJECTION LEVELS; JET INJECTION; JET PENETRATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SECONDARY GAS INJECTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS;

BUBBLE FORMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

JETS;

EID: 71749083777     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.07.024     Document Type: Article

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