Numerical simulation on superheated steam fluidized bed drying: I. Model construction

Drying Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1325-1331

  Yang, Deyong ^a   Wang, Zhenhua ^a   Huang, Xiaoli ^a   Xiao, Zhifeng ^a   Liu, Xiangdong ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Condensation; Drag force; Eulerian Eulerian model; Heat and mass transfer

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; DRAG FORCE; DRAG FORCE MODEL; DRYING PROCESS; EULERIAN-EULERIAN; FLUIDIZED BED DRYING; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; MODEL CONSTRUCTION; SOLID PHASIS; STEAM CONDENSATION; SUPERHEATED STEAM; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER; TURBULENT FLOW MODEL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONDENSATION; DRAG; DRYING; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEAM; STEAM CONDENSERS; TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 79960267061     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2011.592047     Document Type: Article

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