CFD simulations of gas fluidized beds using alternative eulerian-eulerian modelling approaches

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Lettieri, Paola ^a   Cammarata, Luca ^a   Micale, Giorgio D M ^a   Yates, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Eulerian eulerian granular model; Fluidization; Particle bed model

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; KINETIC PARAMETERS; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; EULERIAN-EULERIAN MODELING; FLUIDIZATION REGIMES; GRANULAR MODELING; HOMOGENEOUS FLUIDIZATION; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; PARTICLE BED MODEL; TURBULENT FLUIDIZATION;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 84966377104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.1007     Document Type: Article

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