Computational fluid dynamics and experimental study of the hydrodynamics of a gas-solid tapered fluidized bed

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2265-2278

  Sau, D C ^a   Biswal, K C ^b  

^a NATIONAL METALLURGICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

CFD; Gas solids fluidization; Tapered fluidized bed; Two fluid modeling; Two dimensional

Indexed keywords

BED EXPANSION; CFD; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; EULERIAN-EULERIAN; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GAS-SOLID; GAS-SOLID FLOWS; GIDASPOW DRAG MODEL; GLASS BEAD; KINETIC THEORY OF GRANULAR FLOW; MOMENTUM EXCHANGE; NON-SPHERICAL; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; NUMERICAL STUDIES; SOLID PARTICLES; TAPERED FLUIDIZED BED; TWO-FLUID MODELING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASES; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SPHERES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 78751606727     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2010.11.037     Document Type: Article

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