LDA measurements of near wall powder velocities in a high shear mixer

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 5770-5776

  Darelius, Anders ^a   Rasmuson, Anders ^a   Niklasson Björn, Ingela ^b   Folestad, Staffan ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Granulation; Laser Doppler Anemometry (LDA); Multiphase flows; Powder technology; Soil mechanics

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GRANULATION; IMPELLERS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POWDERS; SOIL MECHANICS;

SHEAR MIXER; TANGENTIAL VELOCITY; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS;

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ANEMOMETERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GRANULATION; IMPELLERS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POWDERS; SOIL MECHANICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34848831144     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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