Convective drying of an individual iron ore pellet - Analysis with CFD

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 3882-3890

  Ljung, Anna Lena ^a   Staffan Lundstrom T ^a   Daniel Marjavaara, B ^b   Tano, Kent ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LKAB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CFD; Drying; Iron ore pellets; Porous media; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BOILING TEMPERATURE; CFD; CONVECTIVE DRYING; FLUID FLOW; FREE STREAM; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; NUMERICAL MODELS; PELLET SURFACES; POROUS MEDIA; SURFACE EVAPORATION; VAPOR FLOWS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYING; EVAPORATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; IRON; IRON ORES; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE; ORE ANALYSIS; PELLETIZING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POROUS MATERIALS;

IRON ORE PELLETS;

EID: 79958020111     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.04.040     Document Type: Article

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