Experimental investigation of bubbling in particle beds with high solid holdup

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 405-415

  Cheng, Songbai ^a   Hirahara, Daisuke ^a   Tanaka, Youhei ^a   Gondai, Yoji ^a   Zhang, Bin ^a   Matsumoto, Tatsuya ^a   Morita, Koji ^a   Fukuda, Kenji ^a   Yamano, Hidemasa ^b   Suzuki, Tohru ^b   Tobita, Yoshiharu ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bubble behavior; High solid holdup; Particle bed; Sodium cooled fast breeder reactor

Indexed keywords

BED HEIGHT; BUBBLE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER MODELS; DEBRIS BED; DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FAST BREEDER REACTORS; GAS FLOWRATE; HIGH SOLID HOLDUP; HIGH-SOLIDS; LIQUID PHASE; NITROGEN GAS; PARTICLE BED; PARTICLE BEDS; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; REACTOR SAFETY ANALYSIS; SODIUM BOILING; SURFACE BUBBLES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); THREE-PHASE FLOW;

BREEDER REACTORS; BUBBLE FORMATION; DEBRIS; EXPERIMENTS; FAST REACTORS; NITROGEN; PACKED BEDS; SODIUM; TWO DIMENSIONAL; ZIRCONIA;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 78650210438     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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