Spirals observed

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 15-28

  Kapur, P C ^a,b   Meloy, T P ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b TATA RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN CENTRE   (India)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal cleaning; Gravity separators; Modeling and design; Spirals

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRICTION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIFT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEPARATORS;

CENTRIFUGAL FORCE; GRAVITY SEPARATORS;

COAL PREPARATION;

EID: 0031997380     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-7516(97)00053-7     Document Type: Article

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