Two-dimensional and three-dimensional computational studies of hydrodynamics in the transition from bubbling to circulating fluidised bed

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 239-248

  Armstrong, L M ^a   Luo, K H ^a   Gu, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Circulating fluidised bed; EMMS; Eulerian; Hydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

AXIAL VELOCITY; BUBBLE DIAMETER; CIRCULATING FLUIDISED BED; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DAVIDSON; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; DOWNFLOW; DRAG MODEL; ENERGY MINIMISATION; EULERIAN HYDRODYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FREE-SLIP; INLET VELOCITY; MULTISCALES; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PARTICLE VELOCITIES; SPECULARITIES; TERMINAL VELOCITY; TWO-FLUID; VELOCITY VARIATIONS;

BUBBLE FORMATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77951107055     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.02.032     Document Type: Article

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