Experimental and computational study on the bubble behavior in a 3-D fluidized bed

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3499-3512

  Acosta Iborra, A ^a   Sobrino, C ^a   Hernandez Jimenez F ^a   de Vega, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bubble; Fluidization; Maximum entropy; Multiphase flow; Optical probe; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AXIAL POSITIONS; BED CONFIGURATION; BUBBLE; BUBBLE BEHAVIOR; BUBBLE PARAMETERS; BUBBLE SIZE; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DENSE PHASE; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SIGNALS; ESSENTIAL DYNAMICS; EULERIAN-EULERIAN; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; LOCAL DYNAMICS; MAXIMUM ENTROPY; MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHODS; OPTICAL PROBE; OPTICAL SIGNALS; PARTICLE FRACTION; PARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; PEAK FREQUENCIES; PRESSURE SIGNAL; SAND PARTICLES; SIMULATION; SIMULATION RESULT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) SIMULATION; TWO FLUID MODEL; TWO-FLUID;

AIR; ENTROPY; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBES; SILICA; SILICA SAND; SPECTRAL DENSITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 79958706500     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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