A numerical simulation of separation of crop seeds by screening - Effect of particle bed depth

Food and Bioproducts Processing: Transactions of the Institution of of Chemical Engineers, Part C

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-117

  Li, J ^a   Webb, C ^a   Pandiella, S S ^a   Campbell, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cereal crop seed; DEM model; Numerical simulation; Particle bed depth; Screening; Size segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036605944     PISSN: 09603085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/09603080252938744     Document Type: Article

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