Influence of two- and three-dimensional simulations on bubble behavior in gas-solid fluidized beds with and without immersed horizontal tubes

Powder Technology

Volumn 219, Issue , 2012, Pages 9-19

  Asegehegn, Teklay Weldeabzgi ^a   Schreiber, Matthias ^a   Krautz, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bubble properties; Bubbling fluidized bed; Horizontal tubes; Two and three dimensional simulations; Validation

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE PROPERTIES; BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED; HORIZONTAL TUBES; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; VALIDATION;

ASPECT RATIO; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BUBBLE FORMATION; FLUIDIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

ARTICLE; ASPECT RATIO; BUBBLE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS SOLID FLUIDIZED BED; GEOMETRY; HORIZONTAL TUBE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMERSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATION; TUBE; TWO DIMENSIONAL SIMULATION; VALIDITY; VELOCITY;

EID: 84856446008     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.11.050     Document Type: Article

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