Numerical study of the effects of particle size and polydispersity on the agglomerate dispersion in a cyclonic flow

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 164, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 432-441

  Tong, Z B ^a   Yang, R Y ^a   Chu, K W ^a   Yu, A B ^a   Adi, S ^b   Chan, H K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agglomerates; Computational fluid dynamics; Cyclonic flow; Discrete element method; Inhaler; Powder dispersion

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID; CYCLONIC FLOW; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; INHALER;

ADHESION; AGGLOMERATION; AIR; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISPERSIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYDISPERSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77958150743     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.11.027     Document Type: Article

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