Heat and mass transfer in U-bend of a pneumatic conveying dryer

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 85, Issue 3 A, 2007, Pages 307-319

  Hidayat, M ^a,b   Rasmuson, A ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Pneumatic conveying drying; U bend

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRYING; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS;

PNEUMATIC CONVEYING DRYING; USER DEFINED SCALAR EQUATIONS;

DRYERS (EQUIPMENT);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); DRYING; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS;

EID: 34047230767     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd06162     Document Type: Article

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