Continuous versus discrete modelling of heat transfer to agitated beds

Powder Technology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 331-342

  Kwapinska, M ^a   Saage, G ^a   Tsotsas, E ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact heat transfer; Discrete element method; Granular material; Penetration model; Rotating drum

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; COMPUTATION THEORY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONTACT HEAT TRANSFER; PENETRATION MODEL; ROTATING DRUM;

HEAT TRANSFER;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; COMPUTATION THEORY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ARTICLE; HEAT TRANSFER; MODEL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 38649087097     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2007.05.025     Document Type: Article

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