The influence of multiple tubes on the tube-to-bed heat transfer in a fluidised bed

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 36, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 916-929

  Armstrong, L M ^a   Gu, S ^a   Luo, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Eulerian; Fluidised bed; Heat transfer

Indexed keywords

BED REACTORS; CFD; EULERIAN; EULERIAN-EULERIAN FORMULATIONS; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW PREDICTION; FLUIDISED BED; HEAT TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER MODELLING; HEATED TUBES; KINETIC THEORY OF GRANULAR FLOW; LOCAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; TIME-PERIODS; TWO-FLUID;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 77957788878     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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