Validation of a numerical model for the simulation of an electrostatic powder coating process

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 557-573

  Shah, U ^a   Zhang, C ^a   Zhu, J ^a   Wang, F ^a   Martinuzzi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Turbulence model; Electrostatics; Lagrangian method; Numerical simulation; Powder coating; Space charge density

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATICS; GAS DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBULENT FLOW;

LAGRANGIAN METHOD; SCALAR FUNCTIONS; SPACE CHARGE DENSITY;

POWDER COATINGS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATICS; GAS DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POWDER COATINGS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 34247165754     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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