Fluidization enhancement of agglomerates of metal oxide nanopowders by microjets

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1456-1468

  Quevedo, Jose A ^a,b   Omosebi, Ayokunle ^a   Pfeffer, Robert ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluidization; Microjet; Nanoagglomerates; Nanopowder; Nozzle; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AEROSILS; AGGLOMERATE BUBBLING FLUIDIZATION; AGGLOMERATE PARTICULATE FLUIDIZATION; BED EXPANSION; BED HEIGHT; BREAK-UP; GAS-SOLID FLUIDIZATION; HIGH VELOCITY; HOMOGENEOUS FLUIDIZATION; METAL OXIDES; MICRO NOZZLE; MICRO-JET; NANO POWDERS; NANO SCALE; NANO-AGGLOMERATES; POWDER PACKING; TIO2-P25;

AGGLOMERATION; BUBBLE FORMATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NOZZLES; TURBULENCE;

FLUIDIZATION;

EID: 77955791574     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12075     Document Type: Article

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