Modifying the linear packing model for predicting the porosity of nonspherical particle mixtures

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3730-3741

  Yu, A B ^a   Zou, R P ^a   Standish, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR PACKING MODEL; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE MIXTURES;

CALCULATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POROSITY;

MIXTURES;

EID: 0030258640     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie950616a     Document Type: Article

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