CFD-DEM simulation of particle transport and deposition in pulmonary airway

Powder Technology

Volumn 228, Issue , 2012, Pages 309-318

  Chen, Xiaole ^a   Zhong, Wenqi ^a   Zhou, Xianguang ^b   Jin, Baosheng ^a   Sun, Baobin ^b  

^a Southeast University   (China)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Airway; CFD DEM; Deposition efficiency; Gas solid flow; Particle motion

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLAR REGIONS; CFD-DEM; DEPOSITION CHARACTERISTICS; DEPOSITION EFFICIENCIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS-SOLID FLOWS; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; HUMAN AIRWAY; INITIAL POSITION; NEAR-WALL; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; PARTICLE BEHAVIOR; PARTICLE MOTIONS; PARTICLE PARTICLE COLLISIONS; PARTICLE POSITION; PARTICLE ROTATIONS; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; PULMONARY AIRWAYS; STRONG COUPLING; TIME INTERVAL;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF SOLIDS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

PARTICLE SEPARATORS;

AIRWAY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLLISIONALLY ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; HUMAN; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIMULATION;

EID: 84863490805     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.05.041     Document Type: Article

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