CFD prediction of segregating fluidized bidisperse mixtures of particles differing in size and density in gas-solid fluidized beds

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2317-2327

  Coroneo, M ^a   Mazzei, L ^b   Lettieri, P ^b   Paglianti, A ^a   Montante, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Fluidization; Gas fluidized bed; Multiphase flow; Segregation; Solids mixture

Indexed keywords

AXIAL SEGREGATION; BIDISPERSE MIXTURES; CFD; CFD MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS METHODS; DISCRETIZATION SCHEME; DISPERSED PHASIS; EULERIAN DESCRIPTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUID VELOCITIES; GAS-FLUIDIZED BED; GAS-SOLID FLUIDIZED BED; GRID SIZE; INTER-PARTICLE INTERACTION; KINETIC THEORY OF GRANULAR FLOW; MULTIPHASE FLUIDS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; NUMERICAL UNCERTAINTY; OPERATING CONDITION; SEGREGATION; SEGREGATION DYNAMICS; TIME STEP;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DENSITY OF GASES; FLUIDIZATION; FORECASTING; GASES; MIXTURES; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 79953717083     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.02.019     Document Type: Article

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