The study of the performance of an electrostatic valve used for bulk transport of particulate materials

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 871-878

  Balachandran, Wamadeva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulk transport; Electrostatic valve; Field modeling; Particulate materials

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; FLOW OF SOLIDS; MATERIALS HANDLING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); VALVES (MECHANICAL);

BULK TRANSPORT; ELECTROSTATIC VALVES;

ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES;

EID: 0031188667     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.605726     Document Type: Article

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