Motionless mixers in bulk solids treatments – A review

KONA Powder and Particle Journal

Volumn 20, Issue March, 2002, Pages 9-23

  Gyenis, Janos ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY;

BULK SOLIDS; BULK VOLUME; DUST SEPARATION; MOTIONLESS MIXER; PARTICLE COATINGS; PNEUMATIC CONVEYING;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 26444590913     PISSN: 02884534     EISSN: 21875537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14356/kona.2002007     Document Type: Article

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