Numerical modelling of three-dimensional fly-ash flow in power utility boilers

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 787-806

  Tu, J Y ^a,b   Fletcher, C A J ^a   Behnia, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eulerian modelling; Particle Wall collision; Power utility boilers; RNG k ; Three dimensional; Turbulence model; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EROSION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EULERIAN MODEL; PARTICLE WALL COLLISION; POWER UTILITY BOILERS; RENORMALIZATION GROUP (RNG); STOKES NUMBER;

FLY ASH;

EROSION; FLY ASH; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0031126330     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0363(19970430)24:8<787::aid-fld438>3.0.co;2-k     Document Type: Article

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