Study of gas cavity size hysteresis in a packed bed using DEM

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 6102-6111

  Singh, V ^a   Gupta, G S ^a   Sarkar, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Granular materials; Mathematical modeling; Multiphase flow; Packed bed; Particle and porous media

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW RATE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NOZZLES;

CAVITY SIZE HYSTERESIS; GAS CAVITY SIZE; INTER PARTICLE INTERACTION; UNCONSTRAINED STATE;

PACKED BEDS;

COMPUTATION THEORY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW RATE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NOZZLES; PACKED BEDS;

EID: 34848829159     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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