Three-dimensional modelling of pneumatic drying process

Powder Technology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 371-383

  Mezhericher, M ^a,b   Levy, A ^a   Borde, I ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b SAMI SHAMOON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (Israel)

Author keywords

CFD; Drying kinetics; Heat and mass transfer; Pneumatic drying

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC FLOW; CHAMBER WALLS; DRYING CHAMBERS; DRYING CONDITION; DRYING KINETIC; DRYING PROCESS; EULERIAN-LAGRANGIAN APPROACH; GAS-PARTICLES; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; NONUNIFORM; PARTICLE DRYING; PNEUMATIC DRYING; PRODUCT QUALITY; SILICA PARTICLES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THEORETICAL MODELS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; WALL TEMPERATURES; WALL THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; WET PARTICLES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CURING; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); HEAT TRANSFER; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MASS TRANSFER; PNEUMATICS; SILICA; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DRYING;

ADIABATICITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; PARTICLE SIZE; PNEUMATIC DRYING; PROCESS MODEL; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 77955513536     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2010.05.032     Document Type: Article

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