Experimental and CFD study of the hydrodynamic behavior in a rotating drum

Powder Technology

Volumn 250, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-62

  Santos, D A ^a   Petri, I J ^a   Duarte, C R ^a   Barrozo, M A S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flow regimes; Frictional model; Granular viscosity; Particle velocity

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; EULERIAN-EULERIAN MULTIPHASE MODEL; FLOW REGIMES; GRANULAR VISCOSITY; HIGH SPEED VIDEO CAMERAS; KINETIC THEORY OF GRANULAR FLOW; PARTICLE VELOCITIES; PARTICLE VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; VELOCITY CONTROL;

VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ROTATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 84886513503     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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