Meso-scale structure - A challenge of computational fluid dynamics for circulating fluidized bed risers

CFB 2008 - Proceedings of the 9th Int. Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds, in Conjunction with the 4th International VGB Workshop "Operating Experience with Fluidized Bed Firing Systems"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ge, Wei ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Dong, Weigang ^a   Wang, Junwu ^a   Lu, Bona ^a   Xiong, Qingang ^a   Li, Jinghai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MASS TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED RISER; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; HETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURES; MASS TRANSFER PROCESS; MULTI-SCALE APPROACHES; STABILITY CONDITION; SUBGRID SCALE MODELS; SUPERFICIAL REYNOLDS NUMBER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84904820944     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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