Influence of turbulence intensity on particle drag coefficients

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 129-134

  Doroodchi, E ^a   Evans, G M ^a   Schwarz, M P ^b   Lane, G L ^b   Shah, N ^a   Nguyen, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drag coefficient; Isotropic turbulence; Particle settling velocity

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TURBULENCE;

ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; PARTICLE SETTLING VELOCITY;

DRAG COEFFICIENT;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAG COEFFICIENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TURBULENCE;

EID: 36049020286     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.03.026     Document Type: Article

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