CFD-DEM study and direct measurement of the granular flow in a rotor granulator

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 151-163

  Neuwirth, Johannes ^a   Antonyuk, Sergiy ^a   Heinrich, Stefan ^a   Jacob, Michael ^b  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Verfahrenstechnik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discrete Element Method; Fluid bed; Granular flow; Multiphase flow; Particle tracking; Rotor granulator

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFINED FLOW; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

AIR-GAPS; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FLUID-BEDS; GASPHASE; GRANULAR FLOWS; MAGNETIC PARTICLE; NON-INTRUSIVE; PARTICLE CONTACTS; PARTICLE DYNAMICS; PARTICLE MOTIONS; PARTICLE POSITION; PARTICLE TRACKING; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; PROCESS PARAMETERS; ROTOR SPEED; SIMULATION MODEL; TEST PARTICLES; TRACER PARTICLE;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 84870253105     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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