Numerical simulation of the Gas-solid flow in fluidized-bed polymerization reactors

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4070-4079

  Shi, De Pan ^a   Luo, Zheng Hong ^a   Guo, An Yi ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE BEHAVIOR; CFD CODES; EULERIAN-EULERIAN; FLUIDIZATION QUALITY; GAS SOLID TWO PHASE FLOW; GAS-SOLID FLOWS; KINETIC THEORY OF GRANULAR FLOW; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPERATION STABILITY; POLYMERIZATION REACTORS; SIMULATION RESULT; SOLID HOLDUP; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; VELOCITY VECTORS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FLUIDIZATION;

EID: 77951672074     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie901424g     Document Type: Article

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