Modelling of water removal during a paper vacuum dewatering process using a Level-Set method

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 101, Issue , 2013, Pages 543-553

  Rezk, Kamal ^a   Nilsson, Lars ^a   Forsberg, Jan ^a   Berghel, Jonas ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Level Set method; Microstructure; Multiphase flow; Porous media; Simulation; Vacuum dewatering

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PAPER PRODUCTS; POROUS MATERIALS; WATER FILTRATION;

GRAVITY FILTRATIONS; LEVEL SET METHOD; PAPER MANUFACTURING; POROUS STRUCTURES; RANDOM ORIENTATIONS; RANDOM POSITIONING; SIMULATION; VACUUM DEWATERING;

DEWATERING;

DRAINAGE; FIBERS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PAPER PRODUCTS; POROUS MATERIALS; SIMULATION;

EID: 84881241442     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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