Non-swirling steady and transient flow simulations in short-form spray dryers

Chemical Product and Process Modeling

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Woo, Meng Wai ^a   Daud, Wan Ramli Wan ^a   Mujumdar, Arun Sadashiv ^b   Wu, Zhonghua ^b   Talib, Meor Zainal Meor ^a   Tasirin, Siti Masrinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

aspect ratio; CFD simulation; confined jet; flow stability; spray dryer

Indexed keywords

CFD SIMULATIONS; CONFINED JET FLOW; CONFINED JETS; DROPLET INJECTION; EXPANSION RATIO; FLOW STABILITY; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; INLET VELOCITY; MESH CONFIGURATIONS; ON FLOW; OPERATING CONDITION; SPATIAL LOCATION; SPRAY DRYERS; STABLE FLOWS; STEADY AND TRANSIENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); EXPANSION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FLOW SIMULATION; INLET FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; SPECTROSCOPY; STABILITY; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 77950970043     PISSN: 19342659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1934-2659.1351     Document Type: Article

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