Numerical study of the influence of horizontal tube banks on the hydrodynamics of a dense gas-solid bubbling fluidized bed

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Sharma, Sanjib K Das ^a   Mohan, Ratan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Bubbling fluidized bed; CFD; Eulerian model; Simulations; Tube bank

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BUBBLE FORMATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); AIR; FLUIDIZED BEDS;

BUBBLE RISE VELOCITY; BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED; EULERIAN MODELS; INTER-PARTICLE INTERACTION; SIMULATIONS; TUBE ARRANGEMENTS; TUBE BANKS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GAS; DENSE GAS; GAS-SOLID; HORIZONTAL-TUBE; SIMULATION; SOLID PHASIS; SOLID-PHASE;

FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 85015135393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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