Numerical study of bubbling gas-solid fluidized beds hydrodynamics: Influence of immersed horizontal tubes and data analysis

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Asegehegn, Teklay W ^a   Schreiber, Matthias ^a   Krautz, Hans J ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

averaging periods; bubble hydrodynamics; bubbling fluidized bed; extraction methods; horizontal tubes; numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDIZATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TWO PHASE FLOW;

AVERAGING PERIODS; BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED; EXTRACTION METHOD; GAS-SOLID FLUIDIZED BED; HORIZONTAL TUBES; HYDRODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GAS;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 79952288767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1542-6580.2391     Document Type: Article

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