An extended DEM-CFD model for char combustion in a bubbling fluidized bed combustor of inert sand

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-219

  Geng, Yongming ^a   Che, Defu ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Combustion; DEM CFD; Fluidization; Inhibitory effect; Mathematical modeling; Multiphase flow

Indexed keywords

BED TEMPERATURE; BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED; BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTORS; CFD MODELS; CHAR COMBUSTION; CHAR PARTICLES; COMBUSTION BEHAVIOR; COMBUSTION MECHANISM; DEM-CFD; DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELS; DISCRETE PHASIS; GASPHASE; GRAPHITE PARTICLES; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; INHIBITORY EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MEASURED RESULTS; MODEL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PREDICTION CAPABILITY; RESIDENCE TIME; SOLID PARTICLES; SUBMODELS; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY;

BUBBLE FORMATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTORS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GRAPHITE; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OXYGEN;

FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION;

EID: 78649911088     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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