Particle velocities and their residence time distribution in the riser of a CFB

Powder Technology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-197

  W Chan, Chian ^a   Seville, Jonathan P K ^a   Parker, David J ^b   Baeyens, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circulating fluidised bed; Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT); Residence Time Distribution (RTD); Riser operating modes; Solids hydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATING FLUIDISED BED; OPERATING MODES; POSITRON EMISSION PARTICLE TRACKING; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; RISER OPERATING MODES;

CATALYSIS; ELECTRONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; POSITRONS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY CONTROL;

VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUIDIZED BED; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION PARTICLE TRACKING; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY;

EID: 77955514289     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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