Pneumatic transport of granular materials with electrostatic effects

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1040-1059

  Lim, Eldin Wee Chuan ^a   Yao, Jun ^b,c   Zhao, Yanlin ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrete element method; Electrostatics; Large eddy simulation; Numerical simulation; Pneumatic transport

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DRAG FORCES; ELECTROSTATIC EFFECT; ELECTROSTATIC FIELD STRENGTH; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION FORCES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLUID DRAG FORCE; HIGH-FLOW RATE; HORIZONTAL PIPES; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; LAW OF THE WALL; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPERATING CONDITION; PARTICLE BEHAVIOR; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE VELOCITY VECTORS; PARTICLE-WALL COLLISION; PIPE WALLS; PNEUMATIC CONVEYING; PNEUMATIC TRANSPORT; THIN LAYERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; ELECTROSTATICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW RATE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PIPE; PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS; PNEUMATICS;

ELECTROSTATIC FORCE;

EID: 84858149336     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12638     Document Type: Article

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