Challenges of simulating droplet coalescence within a spray

Drying Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1463-1488

  Nijdam, J J ^a   Guo, B ^a   Fletcher, D F ^a   Langrish, T A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Computational fluid dynamics; Eulerian model; Lagrangian model; Spray dryer

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COALESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPRAYING;

EULERIAN MODELS; SPRAY DRYERS;

DRYING;

COALESCENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DROPLET; DRYING; SPRAY;

AGGLOMERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIMULATION; SPRAY DRYING;

EID: 4143133100     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/DRT-120038736     Document Type: Article

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