CFD modeling of mixing/segregation behavior of biomass and biochar particles in a bubbling fluidized bed

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 264-274

  Sharma, Abhishek ^a   Wang, Shaobin ^a   Pareek, Vishnu ^a   Yang, Hong ^b   Zhang, Dongke ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biochar; Biomass; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Eulerian Eulerian; Fluidized bed

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BUBBLE FORMATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DENSITY OF GASES; DRAG; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; MIXTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIO CHARS; COEFFICIENT CORRELATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; EULERIAN-EULERIAN; PARTICLE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; RESTITUTION COEFFICIENT; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; WALL BOUNDARY CONDITION;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 84890843980     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.11.019     Document Type: Article

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