Discrete particle simulation of gas-solid flow in a blast furnace

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1760-1772

  Zhou, Z Y ^a   Zhu, H P ^a   Yu, A B ^a   Wright, B ^b   Zulli, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BlueScope Steel   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blast furnace; Computational fluid dynamics; Discrete particle simulation; Gas solid flow; Stagnant zone

Indexed keywords

BLAST FURNACES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DISCRETE PARTICLE SIMULATION (DPS); STAGNANT ZONE;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

BLAST FURNACES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 44349100254     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2007.08.018     Document Type: Article

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