Simulation of particles and sediment behaviour in centrifugal field by coupling CFD and DEM

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 94, Issue , 2013, Pages 7-19

  Romaní Fernández, Xiana ^a   Nirschl, Hermann ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Centrifugation; Computational fluid dynamics; Discrete element method; Sediment; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGATION; CENTRIFUGES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECT; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION; SOLID BOWL CENTRIFUGE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84875491197     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.02.039     Document Type: Article

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