Experimentally validated computations of heat transfer in granular materials in rotary calciners

Powder Technology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-15

  Chaudhuri, Bodhisattwa ^a   Muzzio, Fernando J ^b   Tomassone, M Silvina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Baffle; Calciner; DEM; Granular materials; Heat transfer; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA POWDER; BAFFLE; CALCINERS; CATALYTIC REACTOR; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CRYOGENIC INSULATIONS; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELS; ESSENTIAL COMPONENT; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; GRANULAR FLOWS; GRANULAR MEDIA; GRANULAR SYSTEM; HEAT TRANSFER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSPORT; L-SHAPED; MASS AND HEAT TRANSPORT; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MODERN TECHNOLOGIES; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PARTICULATE MATERIALS; ROTATION SPEED; ROTATIONAL SPEED; SUPPORT MATERIALS;

CALCINATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; EXPERIMENTS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; METALLURGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PELLETIZING; SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); SILICA; SIMULATORS; TAPES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

INSULATION;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; COPPER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW KINETICS; GRANULAR MATERIAL; HEAT TRANSFER; MATERIAL STATE; MIXER; PARAMETRIC TEST; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PARTICLE MIXING; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; ROTARY CALCINER; ROTATION; SIMULATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 72049105552     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2009.09.024     Document Type: Article

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