Numerical simulation of dense gas-solid fluidized beds: A multiscale modeling strategy

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2008, Pages 47-70

  van der Hoef, M A ^a   van Sint Annaland, M ^a   Deen, N G ^a   Kuipers, J A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Direct numerical simulation; Discrete element model; Fluidization; Two fluid model

Indexed keywords

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; EULER EQUATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

GAS-SOLID FLOW; PARTICULATE FLOW;

FLOW SIMULATION;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; EULER EQUATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUIDIZATION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 39049113048     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.40.111406.102130     Document Type: Review

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