Semi-resolved modeling of heat-up, drying and pyrolysis of biomass solid particles as a new feature in XDEM

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 93, Issue , 2016, Pages 1091-1104

  Mahmoudi, Amir Houshang ^a   Hoffmann, Florian ^b   Peters, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b Inutech GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass; CFD DEM; Packed bed; Pyrolysis; XDEM

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF GASES; GASES; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MESH GENERATION; PYROLYSIS;

CFD-DEM; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; LA-GRANGIAN APPROACHES; MULTI PHASE SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PROCESS HETEROGENEITY; XDEM;

PACKED BEDS;

EID: 84946593378     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.10.033     Document Type: Article

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