A simplified mathematical model for gas-solid flow in a blast furnace

Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-45

  Zhou, Z Y ^a   Yu, A B ^a   Zulli, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blast furnace; Process modelling; Solid flow; Stagnant zone

Indexed keywords

BLAST FURNACE PRACTICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; VISCOUS FLOW;

FLOW RATES;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

BLAST FURNACE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; GAS-SOLID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

EID: 1542288171     PISSN: 14684349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/PCFD.2004.003786     Document Type: Article

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