Pneumatic conveying of granular solids in horizontal and inclined pipes

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1729-1745

  Zhu, Kewu ^a   Wong, Chun Kit ^a   Rao, S Madhusudana ^b   Wang, Chi Hwa ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Granular materials; Mathematical model; Pneumatic conveying; Powder technology; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT;

GRANULAR SOLIDS; INCLINED PIPES;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PIPE FLOW;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY; FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; TUBE FLOW;

EID: 3242759858     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10172     Document Type: Article

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