A three-dimensional numerical study of the gas/particle interactions in an industrial-scale spray dryer for milk powder production

Drying Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1018-1027

  Jin, Yan ^a   Chen, Xiao Dong ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Fluent; Gas particle interaction; Industrial scale spray dryer; Multiphase flow; REA drying kinetics model

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE PHASE; DOWN-STREAM; DRYING KINETIC; EULERIAN-LAGRANGIAN APPROACH; FLUENT; GAS FLOW PATTERNS; INDUSTRIAL-SCALE SPRAY DRYER; JET OSCILLATIONS; MILK POWDER; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PARTICLE BEHAVIOR; PARTICLE TRACKING; REACTION ENGINEERING APPROACH; SPRAY DRYERS; TEMPERATURE-TIME PROFILES; TRANSIENT SIMULATION; TRANSIENT TURBULENT FLOW; TWO-WAY COUPLING; WALL DEPOSITION;

AGGLOMERATION; DEWATERING; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATING FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 74849126367     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373930903203588     Document Type: Article

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