Numerical probing of a low velocity concurrent pilot scale spray drying tower for mono-disperse particle production - Unusual characteristics and possible improvements

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 417-427

  Woo, M W ^a   Rogers, S ^a   Lin, S X Q ^a   Selomulya, C ^a   Chen, X D ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CFD; Low velocity; Monodisperse particle; Natural convection; Particle residence time; Spray dryer

Indexed keywords

CFD; LOW VELOCITY; MONODISPERSE PARTICLE; PARTICLE RESIDENCE TIME; SPRAY DRYER;

AIR; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); DRYING; FLOW PATTERNS; NATURAL CONVECTION; SPRAY DRYING; TOWERS; VELOCITY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 79955107720     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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