Computational Gas-Solids Flows and Reacting Systems: Theory, Methods and Practice

Gas-solids reactors, which often constitute critical steps of energy and chemical conversion processes, are in desperate need of new design methods to increase their efficiency and reliability, as they are poorly understood and difficult to improve upon. Computational Gas-Solids Flows and Reacting Systems: Theory, Methods and Practice addresses the need for a comprehensive book on computational gas-solids flow to aid researchers, graduate students, and practicing engineers in this rapidly expanding area. This unique book provides a full exploration of the theory, numerical methods, and practices associated with this emerging area, including hydrodynamic equations, quadrature-based moment methods, and direct numerical simulation.

Physicists, chemical engineers, and other scientists set out the theory, numerical methods, and practice of computational gas-solids flows for advanced graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in any branch of engineering and science that deals with such flows. The topics include multiphase continuum formulation for gas-solids reacting flows, kinetic theory for granular materials, coupled solvers, quadrature-based moment methods for polydisperse gas-solids flow, circulating fluidized beds, and validation approaches to volcanic explosive phenomenology. --Sci Tech Book News, BookNews.com