Numerical investigation of slush nitrogen flow in a horizontal pipe

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 73, Issue , 2012, Pages 169-180

  Jiang, Y Y ^a   Zhang, P ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Kinetic theory; Simulation; Slurries; Slush nitrogen; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EULERIAN-EULERIAN; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; HORIZONTAL PIPES; KINETIC THEORY OF GRANULAR FLOW; MULTIPHASE APPROACH; MULTIPHASE MODEL; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PARTICLE-WALL INTERACTIONS; SIMULATION; SLURRY FLOW; SLUSH NITROGEN; SOLID PARTICLES; SOLID VELOCITY PROFILES; SOLID VOLUME FRACTION; SOLID-PHASE; TURBULENT TWO-PHASE FLOWS; TWO PHASE FLUID; VELOCITY PROFILES;

FLUIDIZED BEDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC THEORY; LIQUID NITROGEN; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SLURRIES; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE MODELS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 84863292613     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.01.027     Document Type: Article

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