Numerical simulation of the gas-solid flow in three-dimensional pneumatic conveying bends

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 7058-7071

  Chu, K W ^a   Yu, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; GASES; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; PNEUMATICS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THEOREM PROVING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO PHASE FLOW;

AXIAL VELOCITY; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARES; COMPLICATED FLOW; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISCRETE MODELING; FLOW FEATURES; GAS-PARTICLE INTERACTION; GAS-PHASE; GAS-SOLID; GAS-SOLID FLOWS; GAS-SOLID INTERACTION; INLET CONDITIONS; INNER WALLS; INTERACTION FORCES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PARTICLE SEGREGATION; PARTICLE VELOCITIES; PARTICLE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE-WALL INTERACTIONS; PNEUMATIC CONVEYING; PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS; RE-CIRCULATION; SIDE WALLS; SIMULATED RESULTS; SOLID-PHASE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; WALL REGION;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 53349174332     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800108c     Document Type: Article

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