The characteristics of rotary feeders used for the flow control of particulate materials

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-52

  Reed, A R ^a   Bradley, M S A ^a   Pittman, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow control; Particulate materials; Performance characteristics; Rotary feeders

Indexed keywords

BINS; FLOW CONTROL; HOPPERS; MATERIALS HANDLING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; ROTORS; SILOS (AGRICULTURAL);

ROTARY FEEDERS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

CONTROL SYSTEM; FEEDER; PARTICLE; PARTICLE FLOW; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034431475     PISSN: 09544089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954408001530209     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Metering of solids by a rotary feeder
2. The flow of granular solids through orifices
3. Method of calculating the rate of discharge from hoppers and bins
4. The effect of fluid drag forces on the discharge of free flowing solids from hoppers
5. The rate of discharge of coarse granular materials from conical mass flow hoppers
6. Performance characteristics of a rotary feeder