Hydrodynamic characteristics of a pilot-scale screw conveyor dryer

Drying Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 609-616

  Waje, S S ^a   Thorat, B N ^a   Mujumdar, A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Degree of fullness; Discharge uniformity; Dynamic step change; Flow behavior; Mean residence time; Solids holdup

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW OF SOLIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PECLET NUMBER;

DEGREE OF FULLNESS; PLUG FLOW; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; SCREW CONVEYOR DRYER; SOLID HOLDUP;

DRYERS (EQUIPMENT);

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); FLOW OF SOLIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PECLET NUMBER;

EID: 34247622323     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373930701250120     Document Type: Article

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