Experimental studies and empirical models for the prediction of bed expansion in gas-solid tapered fluidized beds

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 418-424

  Sau, D C ^a   Mohanty, S ^b   Biswal, K C ^c  

^a NATIONAL METALLURGICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Biju Patnaik University of Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Bed expansion ratio; Empirical model; Gas solid fluidization; Tapered fluidized bed

Indexed keywords

BED EXPANSION; CALCULATED VALUES; DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FLUIDIZATION VELOCITY; FLUIDIZING MEDIUM; GAS VELOCITY; GAS-SOLID; GAS-SOLID FLUIDIZATION; LITERATURE DATA; MINIMUM FLUIDIZATION VELOCITY; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; OPERATING CONDITION; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; STATIC BED HEIGHT; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; TAPERED BED; TAPERED FLUIDIZED BED;

DENSITY OF GASES; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; EXPANSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; GASES; PARTICLE SIZE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VELOCITY;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 77951118952     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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