CFD Modeling of Microwave-Assisted Fluidized Bed Drying of Moist Particles Using Two-Fluid Model

Drying Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 362-376

  Ranjbaran, M ^a   Zare, D ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Eulerian two fluid model; Fluidized bed drying; Microwave drying

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY; CFD MODELING; CFD SIMULATIONS; DRYING BEHAVIOR; EULERIAN MODELS; EULERIAN TWO-FLUID MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUIDIZED BED DRYERS; FLUIDIZED BED DRYING; GAS TEMPERATURE; GAS-SOLID FLOWS; KINETIC THEORY OF GRANULAR FLOW; MICROWAVE DRYING; MICROWAVE POWER DENSITY; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED; PILOT SCALE; RELATIVE DEVIATIONS; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; TWO FLUID MODEL; TWO-FLUID; USER-DEFINED FUNCTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); DRYING; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PLASMA FLOW;

GASES;

EID: 84856882929     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2011.642913     Document Type: Article

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