Analysis of air velocity distribution in a multilayer conveyor dryer by computational fluid dynamics

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-117

  Yue, Xiaoyu ^a,b   Zhao, Jinhong ^a   Shi, Ejuan ^a   Chen, Youqing ^a   Liu, Xiangdong ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHENGZHOU COLLEGE OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

CFD; Multilayer conveyor dryer; Optimization; Velocity distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVEYORS; DRYING; OPTIMIZATION; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

AIR DISTRIBUTION; MULTILAYER CONVEYOR DRYERS; VELOCITY HOMOGENIZATION;

DRYERS (EQUIPMENT);

EID: 34548060718     PISSN: 19322135     EISSN: 19322143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/apj.48     Document Type: Article

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