A parametric study of the gas flow patterns and drying performance of co-current spray dryer: Results of a computational fluid dynamics study

Drying Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 957-978

  Huang, Lixin ^a   Kumar, Kurichi ^b   Mujumdar, A S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Atomization; CFD; Evaporation intensity; Fluent; Heat consumption intensity; Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Modelling; Particle residence time; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EVAPORATION; HEAT LOSSES; SOLID SOLUTIONS;

DRYING CHAMBERS;

DRYERS (EQUIPMENT);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRYING; GAS FLOW; SPRAY;

EID: 0043239365     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/DRT-120021850     Document Type: Article

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