Simulation of a spray scrubber performance with Eulerian/Lagrangian approach in the aerosol removing process

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 509-517

  Bozorgi, Y ^a   Keshavarz, P ^a   Taheri, M ^a   Fathikaljahi, J ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Collection efficiency; Eulerian; Lagrangian; Spray scrubber

Indexed keywords

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; EULERIAN APPROACH; LAGRANGIAN APPROACH; SPRAY SCRUBBER;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SCRUBBERS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCRUBBERS;

AEROSOL; AMMONIUM NITRATE; ENERGY BALANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; FILM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AEROSOLS; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; DIFFUSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; GASES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDERS;

EID: 33747774199     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.02.037     Document Type: Article

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