The feed characteristic of a rotary valve in a hopper feeder system

Powder Handling and Processing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-20

  Scheibe, M ^a   Hohne D ^a   Husemann, K ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FEEDING; FLOW CONTROL; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HOPPERS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTORS;

CARMAN/KOZENY EQUATION; CENTRIFUGAL FORCE; FORCE EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; HOPPER FEEDER SYSTEM; ROTARY VALVES;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

EID: 0030677433     PISSN: 09347348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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