An irregular pore network model for convective drying and resulting damage of particle aggregates

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 75, Issue , 2012, Pages 267-278

  Kharaghani, Abdolreza ^a   Metzger, Thomas ^a   Tsotsas, Evangelos ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillary forces; Convective drying; Discrete element method; Irregular pore network model; Micro cracks; Particle aggregates

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FORCE; CONVECTIVE DRYING; CYLINDRICAL PORES; DISTRIBUTED COORDINATION; DRYING CONDITION; DRYING MODEL; DRYING RATE CURVES; DRYING SIMULATION; INVASION PERCOLATION; IRREGULAR STRUCTURES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MOISTURE PROFILES; MONO-SIZED; NETWORK STRUCTURES; NODE LOCATION; ONE-WAY COUPLINGS; PARTICLE AGGREGATES; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; PORE NETWORKS; PORE RADIUS; PORE SPACE; PORE-NETWORK MODELS; PRIMARY PARTICLES; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; VORONOI; VORONOI TESSELLATIONS;

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT CONVECTION;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84859648933     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.03.038     Document Type: Article

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