A fast algorithm for mass transfer on an unstructured grid formed by DEM particles

Powder Technology

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 415-422

  Kimber, James A ^a   Kazarian, Sergei G ^a   Štěpánek, František ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Diffusion; Discrete Element Method; Mass transfer; Mathematical modelling

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION PROFILES; CONVEX HULL; DIFFUSION PHENOMENA; DIFFUSION PROBLEMS; DISCRETISATION; FAST ALGORITHMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MEAN SQUARED ERROR; MESH ELEMENTS; NOVEL ALGORITHM; PACKING ALGORITHMS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PARTICLE LAYER; PARTICLE PACKINGS; RANDOM PACKING; REFERENCE SOLUTION; SHARP BOUNDARIES; STEADY STATE; STEADY-STATE SIMULATIONS; SWELLING POLYMERS; TRANSIENT MASS TRANSFER; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; UNSTRUCTURED GRID METHODS;

DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYDISPERSITY; POROSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS;

POLYMER;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISSOLUTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE; LOCAL CONVEX HULL; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEAN SQUARED ERROR; PARAMETRIC TEST; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POROSITY; SIMULATION; TORTUOSITY;

EID: 80054870340     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.08.040     Document Type: Article

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