A three-dimensional simulation of a spray dryer fitted with a rotary atomizer

Drying Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 9-11, 2005, Pages 1859-1873

  Huang, Li Xin ^a   Passos, M L ^b   Kumar, Kurichi ^c   Mujumdar, A S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CFD; Disc atomizer; Drying models; Heat and mass transfer; Particle residence times; Particle trajectories; Swirling flow; Turbulent models; Two phases flow

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYING; EVAPORATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DISC ATOMIZER; PARTICLE RESIDENCE TIMES; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; ROTARY ATOMIZERS; SPRAY DRYERS;

DRYERS (EQUIPMENT);

DRYER; DRYING; MODELING; THREE-PHASE DISPERSION;

EID: 27144519129     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373930500210176     Document Type: Article

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