Experimental and Numerical Simulation of Spent Catalyst Separation in an Active Pulsing Air Classifier

Separation Science and Technology (Philadelphia)

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 633-645

  Duan, Chenlong ^a   Li, Hao ^a   He, Jingfeng ^a   Zhao, Yuemin ^a   Dong, Liang ^a   Lv, Keji ^a   He, Yaqun ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

active pulsing air classification; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Discrete Element Method; gas solid flow; spent catalyst

Indexed keywords

AIR; CATALYSTS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; RECYCLING;

AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; GAS-SOLID FLOWS; MATERIAL CONDITIONS; OPERATION CONDITIONS; PULSING AIR; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SPENT CATALYST;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84924037915     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2014.957318     Document Type: Article

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