Table of Contents

Introduction
Industrial Applications
Energy Conversion and Propulsion
Fire Suppression and Control
Properties of Dispersed Phase Flows
Density and Volume Fraction
Particle or Droplet Spacing
Response Times
Stokes Number
Dilute vs. Dense Flows
Phase Coupling
Properties of an Equilibrium Mixer
Size Distribution
Discrete Size Distribution
Continuous Size Distributions
Statistical Parameters
Frequently Used Size Distributions
Particle-Fluid Interaction
Single Particle Equations
Mass Coupling
Momentum Transfer
Energy Coupling
Particle-Particle Interaction
Particle-Wall Interaction
Particle-Particle Interaction
Continuous Phase Equations
Averaging Procedures
Boundary Particles
Quasi-One-Dimensional Flow
Multidimensional Flows
Droplet/Particle Cloud Equations
Lagrangian Approach
Eulerian Approach
Radiation Modeling
Numerical Modeling
Single-Phase Flows
Dilute Flows - Lagrangian Models
Dilute Flow - Two-Fluid Model
Dense Flows: Lagrangian Approach
Dense Flows: Eulerian Approach
Experimental Methods
Sampling Methods
Integral Methods
Local Measurement Techniques
Final Remarks
Applications
Current and Future Needs
Fundamental Parameters
Numerical Models
Experimental Measurements
References
Appendix A - Single Particle Equations
Appendix B - Volume Averaged Conservation Equations
Appendix C - Brownian Motion
Appendix D - Program Listing
Index

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