Experimental and numerical investigation of the effect of buoyancy force on solid flow

Powder Technology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 98-107

  Nouchi, T ^a,b   Yu, A B ^a   Takeda, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b JFE STEEL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blast furnace; Discrete element method; Granular flow; Stagnant zone

Indexed keywords

BLAST FURNACES; FLOW OF SOLIDS; GRAVITATION; IRON;

IRONMAKING;

POWDERS;

IRON; WATER;

BLAST FURNACE; BUOYANCY; FLOW PATTERN; GRANULAR SOLID; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; SOLID FLOW;

ARTICLE; BUOYANCY FORCE; FLOW KINETICS; FORCE; FURNACE; GRAVITY; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOLID STATE; WOOD;

EID: 0042330126     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(03)00121-9     Document Type: Article

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