CFD studies of solids hold-up distribution and circulation patterns in gas-solid fluidized beds

Powder Technology

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 202-215

  Hosseini, Seyyed Hossein ^a   Ahmadi, Goodarz ^b   Rahimi, Rahbar ^c   Zivdar, Mortaza ^c   Esfahany, Mohsen Nasr ^d  

^a ILAM UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SISTAN AND BALUCHESTAN   (Iran)

^d ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bubbling fluidized bed; CFD; Distributor; Gas solid; Slotted draft tube

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS; BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; DISCRETIZATION SCHEME; DRAFT TUBES; DRAG MODEL; EULERIAN MODELS; FRICTIONAL STRESS; GAS DISTRIBUTOR; GAS VELOCITY; GAS-FLUIDIZED BEDS; GAS-SOLID; GAS-SOLID FLUIDIZED BED; GRANULAR TEMPERATURE; MODELING PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPERATING CONDITION; PERFORATED PLATE; SOLIDS HOLD-UP DISTRIBUTIONS; TRANSPORT EQUATION; TURBULENT MODELS;

ALGEBRA; BUBBLE FORMATION; DRAG; FLUIDIZATION; FRICTION; GASES; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERFORATED PLATES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; FLUIDIZED BED; FRICTION; GAS FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SOLID; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

EID: 77951498719     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2010.02.024     Document Type: Article

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