Coarse grid simulation of bed expansion characteristics of industrial-scale gas-solid bubbling fluidized beds

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2125-2131

  Wang, Junwu ^a   van der Hoef, M A ^a   Kuipers, J A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bed expansion characteristics; Coarse grid simulation; Drag force modification; Fluidization; Multiphase flow; Solid circulation patterns

Indexed keywords

BED EXPANSION; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; COARSE GRID SIMULATION; DRAG FORCE MODIFICATION; DRAG FORCES;

BUBBLE FORMATION; DRAG; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 76549121278     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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