Comparison of measured and simulated flow through screens: Effects of screen inclination and porosity

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 404-416

  Teitel, M ^a   Dvorkin, D ^a   Haim, Y ^a   Tanny, J ^a   Seginer, I ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; FLOORS; FLOW RATE; MASS TRANSFER; POROSITY; SCREENS (SIZING); VELOCITY; WIND TUNNELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MECHANICAL BARRIER; SCREEN POROSITY; VALIDATION STAGES; VELOCITY PROFILES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 70350001605     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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