Effects of an electrostatic field in pneumatic conveying of granular materials through inclined and vertical pipes

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 7889-7908

  Lim, Eldin Wee Chuan ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Wang, Chi Hwa ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Discrete element method; Electrostatics; Granular materials; Pneumatic conveying; Powder technology; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVEYING; ELECTROSTATICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF SOLIDS; PIPE FLOW; PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS;

PNEUMATIC CONVEYING; PNEUMATIC CONVEYING SYSTEMS; POWDER TECHNOLOGY;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVEYING; ELECTROSTATICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF SOLIDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PIPE FLOW; PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS;

EID: 33750954917     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.07.045     Document Type: Article

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