CFD-based simulation of dense gas dispersion in presence of obstacles

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 371-376

  Tauseef, S M ^a   Rashtchian, D ^b   Abbasi, S A ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

CFD; Dense gas dispersion; Gravity slumping; Realizable k e open ; Standard k e open ; Vapor cloud explosion

Indexed keywords

CFD; DENSE GAS DISPERSION; GRAVITY SLUMPING; REALIZABLE K-E{OPEN}; VAPOR CLOUD EXPLOSION;

ASSOCIATED GAS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TURBULENCE MODELS; VAPORS;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 79956344152     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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