Modeling of heat transfer in pneumatic conveyer using a combined DEM-CFD numerical code

Drying Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-164

  Brosh, T ^a   Levy, A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Discrete element method (DEM); Fluid solid interaction; Heat transfer; Pneumatic conveying system

Indexed keywords

CONVEYING PIPES; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; EQUATION OF ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW OF PARTICLES; FLUID SOLID INTERACTION; GAS FLOWS; IN-PIPE; NUMERICAL CODE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PARTICLE TEMPERATURE; PNEUMATIC CONVEYING SYSTEM; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; SINGLE PARTICLE; SMALL PARTICLE SIZE; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVEYING; FLOW OF GASES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PIPE; PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; PNEUMATICS; SOLID STATE PHYSICS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77950991612     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373930903517482     Document Type: Article

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