Simulation of convective drying of a cylindrical iron ore pellet

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 703-716

  Ljung, Anna Lena ^a   Lundstrm, T Staffan ^a   Tano, Kent ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LKAB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CFD; Computational fluid dynamics; Drying; Iron ore pellets; Modelling; Porous media; Simulation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PHYSICAL PROCESS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SOFTWARE; CONSTANT RATE DRYING; CONVECTIVE DRYING; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; DRYING PROCESS; DRYING RATES; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FALLING RATE DRYING; FALLING-RATE PERIOD; MODELLING; MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RESEARCH LIMITATIONS; SIMULATION; STAGNATION POINTS; SURFACE EVAPORATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; EVAPORATION; FLUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON ORE PELLETS; IRON ORES; IRON RESEARCH; MOISTURE; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PELLETIZING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POROUS MATERIALS;

DRYING;

EID: 79960254118     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615531111148464     Document Type: Article

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