Drying of sludge in a pneumatic dryer using computational fluid dynamics

Drying Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 308-322

  Jamaleddine, Tarek J ^a   Ray, Madhumita B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD modeling; Heat and mass transfer; Pneumatic dryer; Sludge drying; Two fluid model

Indexed keywords

CFD CODES; CFD MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC (CFD); CONVECTIVE HEAT; DRYING RATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS PHASE VELOCITY; GASPHASE; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INLET CONDITIONS; KINETIC THEORY OF GRANULAR FLOW; MIXTURE PROPERTIES; SHERWOOD NUMBERS; SLUDGE DRYING; SLUDGE MATERIALS; SURFACE MOISTURES; TURBULENT INTENSITIES; TWO FLUID MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); FLOW PATTERNS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASES; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXTURES; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PNEUMATICS;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 79960797261     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2010.496095     Document Type: Article

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