Flow regime diagram for vertical pneumatic conveying and fluidized bed systems

Powder Technology

Volumn 207, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 119-133

  Rabinovich, Evgeny ^a   Kalman, Haim ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Choking velocity; Dense; Dilute; Flow diagram; Vertical systems

Indexed keywords

CHOKING VELOCITY; DENSE; DILUTE; FLOW DIAGRAM; VERTICAL SYSTEMS;

CONVEYING; FLOW OF WATER; FLOWCHARTING; FLUIDIZED BEDS; PIPING SYSTEMS; PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; PNEUMATICS; REYNOLDS EQUATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TWO PHASE FLOW; VELOCITY; VOID FRACTION;

FLUIDIZATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PNEUMATIC CONVEYING; SOLID; THEORETICAL STUDY; VELOCITY; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 78751591730     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2010.10.017     Document Type: Article

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