Numerical simulation of pneumatic dryers using computational fluid dynamics

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5900-5910

  Jamaleddine, Tarek J ^a   Ray, Madhumita B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS METHODS; DRYING MECHANISM; DRYING RATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS-SOLID FLOWS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HOT AIR; KINETIC THEORY OF GRANULAR FLOW; MIXTURE PROPERTIES; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MOISTURE DIFFUSION; MULTI-PHASE FLOW MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SAND PARTICLES; SURFACE MOISTURES; TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MATERIALS; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; TWO-FLUID; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); DRYING; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PNEUMATICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77953355246     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie901816s     Document Type: Article

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