A review of the Residence Time Distribution (RTD) applications in solid unit operations

Powder Technology

Volumn 228, Issue , 2012, Pages 416-423

  Gao, Yijie ^a   Muzzio, Fernando J ^a   Ierapetritou, Marianthi G ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement; Modeling; Performance; RTD; Solids; Unit operation

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS-FLOW SYSTEM; DETECTION TECHNIQUE; LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PREDICTIVE MODELING; RESIDENCE TIME; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; RTD; SIMULATION STUDIES;

MEASUREMENTS; MODELS; SOLIDS; TECHNOLOGY; UNIT OPERATIONS (OIL WELLS);

POWDERS;

CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; FLOW KINETICS; FLUIDIZED BED; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; PROBABILITY; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 84863499323     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.05.060     Document Type: Review

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