Hydrodynamic comparison of spherical and cylindrical particles in a gas-liquid-solid fluidized bed at elevated pressure and high gas holdup conditions

Powder Technology

Volumn 253, Issue , 2014, Pages 657-676

  Pjontek, Dominic ^a   Macchi, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluidization; Gas liquid solid; High pressure; Hydrodynamics; Particle shape; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS ETHANOL SOLUTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; GAS-LIQUID-SOLID; GAS-LIQUID-SOLID FLUIDIZED BED; HIGH PRESSURE; LIQUID-SOLID FLUIDIZED BEDS; PARTICLE SHAPE; SAUTER MEAN DIAMETER (SMD);

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); EXPERIMENTS; FLOCCULATION; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; SPHERES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

LIQUIDS;

ALCOHOL; ALUMINUM; GLASS; NITROGEN; SURFACTANT; TAP WATER;

AIR; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYLINDRICAL PARTICLE; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS LIQUID SOLID FLUIDIZED BED; GAS PRESSURE GAUGE; HIGH GAS HOLDUP; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPERBARISM; INERTIAL SETTLING FLOW REGIME; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SAUTER MEAN DIAMETER; SPHERICAL PARTICLE;

EID: 84892187461     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2013.12.030     Document Type: Article

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