@conference { , title = {Numerical investigation of the effect of bed height and coefficient of restitution on the minimum fluidization velocity of a cylindrical fluidized bed.}, abstract = {Numerical simulation for 4 different ratios of initial bed heights (H) to base diameter (D), were performed; viz. 0.5, 1, 2 and 3. Glass beads of density 2600kg/m3 and with an average diameter of 550μm were used for all the simulations. Simulations were performed using the commercial CFD software, STAR-CCM+. The minimum fluidization velocity was identified by measuring pressure drop across the entire domain and found to remain same for all the above mentioned ratios. The present CFD results show excellent agreement with the experimental findings of Escudero \& Heindel (2010).}, conference = {8th International conference on multiphase flow (ICMF 2013)}, note = {INFO COMPLETE (checked 24/6/2019 LM) PENDING PERMISSION (requested from icmf@eventus.com.br 24/6/2019 LM) DOCUMENT RECEIVED (AAM requested from contact 24/6/2019 LM)}, publicationstatus = {Unpublished}, url = {https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/314928}, keyword = {CFD, Granular flow, Fluidization, Minimum fluidization velocity}, author = {Karnik, Aditya and Rangarajan, A. and Tandon, Mohit P.} }