Mixing and heat conduction in rotating tumblers

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1045-1054

  Figueroa, Isabel ^a   Vargas, Watson L ^a   McCarthy, Joseph J ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete element method; Heat transfer; Mixing

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MODEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FILLING LEVELS; GRANULAR BEDS; GRANULAR FLOWS; HEAT TRANSPORT; HEATING MECHANISMS; MIXING RATES; MULTI-PHYSICS MODELING; MULTISCALES; OPERATION PARAMETERS; PARTICLE FLOW; PARTICLE MIXING; ROTATION RATE; TEMPERATURE CONTOURS; THERMAL PARTICLES; TRANSIENT HEAT TRANSFER;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEATING; MIXING; ROTATION;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 71849096958     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.09.058     Document Type: Article

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