Investigation of hydrodynamics of binary fluidized beds via radioactive particle tracking and dual-source densitometry

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 601-610

  Upadhyay, Rajesh K ^a   Roy, Shantanu ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Binary solids mixture; Dual source densitometry; Flotsam; Fluidized bed; Jetsam; Radioactive particle tracking

Indexed keywords

BINARY SOLIDS MIXTURE; DENSITOMETRY; DUAL SOURCE; FLOTSAM; RADIOACTIVE PARTICLE TRACKING;

AIR INTAKES; BINARY MIXTURES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INLET FLOW; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOACTIVITY; VELOCITY;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 77954755671     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20334     Document Type: Article

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