I NTERNATIONAL J OURNAL OF C HEMICAL R EACTOR E NGINEERING Volume 6 2008 Article A31 A First Approach to CFD Simulation of Hydrodynamic Behaviour in a Conical Spouted Bed Contactor Luis D´ ıaz * Isabel ´ Alava † Jon Makibar ‡ Ruth Fern´ andez ** Fernando Cueva †† Roberto Aguado ‡‡ Martin Olazar § * Ikerlan, ldiaz@ikerlan.es † Ikerlan, ialava@ikerlan.es ‡ Ikerlan, jmakibar@ikerlan.es ** Ikerlan, arfernandez@ikerlan.es †† Ikerlan, fcueva@ikerlan.es ‡‡ University of the Basque Country, roberto.aguado@ehu.es § University of the Basque Country, martin.olazar@ehu.es ISSN 1542-6580 Brought to you by | Yale University Authenticated Download Date | 5/16/15 9:32 PM