Numerical modelling and validation of gas-particle flow in an in-line tube bank

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1064-1072

  Tian, Z F ^a   Tu, J Y ^a   Yeoh, G H ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFD; Gas particle flow; In line tube bank; Particle wall collision; Wall roughness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

GAS-PARTICLE FLOW; IN-LINE TUBE BANK; PARTICLE-WALL COLLISION; WALL ROUGHNESS;

FLOW OF SOLIDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF SOLIDS; GAS DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 34248668145     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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