Three-dimensional numerical simulation of semi-cylindrical and cylindrical spouted bed hydrodynamics

Drying Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1266-1276

  Béttega, Rodrigo ^a   Corrêa, Ronaldo Guimarães ^a   Freire, José Teixeira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CFD; Hydrodynamic; Semi cylindrical spouted bed

Indexed keywords

CFD; CHANNEL SHAPE; CLASSICAL TECHNIQUES; DRYING PROCESS; DYNAMIC SIMILARITIES; DYNAMICS BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POROSITY PROFILES; SIMULATED RESULTS; SPOUTED BED; STATIC PRESSURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA; VISUAL INFORMATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MASS TRANSFER; VISUALIZATION;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 78149404324     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2010.493624     Document Type: Article

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