Numerical analysis of contact electrification using DEM-CFD

Powder Technology

Volumn 248, Issue , 2013, Pages 34-43

  Pei, Chunlei ^a   Wu, Chuan Yu ^b   England, David ^c   Byard, Stephen ^d   Berchtold, Harald ^e   Adams, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c Consultant ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Sanofi Aventis Isotope Chemistry and Metabolite Synthesis Northumberland   (United Kingdom)

^e SANOFI AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact electrification; DEM CFD; Discrete element methods; Electrostatics; Fluidisation

Indexed keywords

CHARGE-TO-MASS RATIOS; COLLISION FREQUENCY; CONTACT ELECTRIFICATION; DEM-CFD; DIELECTRIC PARTICLES; ELECTROSTATIC CHARGES; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; TRANSFERRED CHARGES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROSTATICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUIDIZATION;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

ARTICLE; COLLISION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTACT ELECTRIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DIELECTRIC PARTICLE; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; ELECTRICITY; FLUIDIZATION; MASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; POWDER; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE CHARGE; VELOCITY;

EID: 84884282334     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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