Two- and three-dimensional CFD modeling of Geldart A particles in a thin bubbling fluidized bed: Comparison of turbulence and dispersion coefficients

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 301-313

  Chalermsinsuwan, Benjapon ^a   Gidaspow, Dimitri ^b   Piumsomboon, Pornpote ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubbling fluidized bed; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Dispersion coefficient; Hydrodynamics; Multiphase flow; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BED EXPANSION; BED HEIGHT; BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED; CFD MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; DISPERSION COEFFICIENT; EFFICIENT DESIGNS; EXCHANGE COEFFICIENTS; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; GELDART A PARTICLES; GRANULAR TEMPERATURE; HYDRODYNAMIC VALUE; KINETIC THEORY OF GRANULAR FLOW; RADIAL SYSTEMS; SOLID VOLUME FRACTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CFD MODELING;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; BUBBLE FORMATION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PIPE FLOW; RATING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE;

FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING;

EID: 79957607886     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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