Agglomerate stability in fluidized beds of glass beads and silica sand

Powder Technology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 115-127

  Weber, Sarah ^a   Briens, Cedric ^a   Berruti, Franco ^a   Chan, Edward ^b   Gray, Murray ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agglomerate stability; Contact angle; Drying rate; Fluidized beds

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CONTACT ANGLE; EROSION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SILICA; WETTING;

AGGLOMERATE STABILITY; BREAKAGE; DRYING RATE; WETTABILITY;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

GLASS; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

AGGLOMERATION; CONTACT ANGLE; EROSION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SILICA; WETTING;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; ELUTION; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; GAS; LIQUID; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SAND; SOLID; VAPOR; VELOCITY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 33746991301     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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