Solids circulation and axial dispersion of cohesionless particles in a V-mixer

Powder Technology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 133-140

  Kuo, H P ^a   Knight, P C ^b   Parker, D J ^b   Seville, J P K ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow reversal; Particle mixing; Positron Emission Particle Tracking; V mixer

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

GLASS BEADS; POSITRON EMISSION PARTICLE TRACKING (PEPT); ROTATING DRUMS; SOLIDS CIRCULATION;

GLASS;

GLASS;

REVERSE FLOW;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DISPERSION; ENERGY; FLOW KINETICS; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTION; POSITRON EMISSION PARTICLE TRACKING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SOLID; SURFACE PROPERTY; VELOCITY; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 18344391025     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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