Theoretical and experimental testing of a scaling rule for air current segregation of alumina powder in cylindrical silos

Powder Technology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-145

  Zigan, Stefan ^a   Thorpe, Rex B ^a   Tuzun, Ugur ^a   Enstad, Gisle G ^b   Battistin, Flavio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alumina; CFD simulation; Scaling rule; Segregation; Segregation index; Silo

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SEPARATION; SILOS (AGRICULTURAL);

AIR CURRENT SEGREGATION; CFD SIMULATION; SEGREGATION INDEX;

POWDER METALS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POWDER METALS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SEPARATION; SILOS (AGRICULTURAL);

AIR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTRACTION; INDUSTRY; LABORATORY; LIQUID; POWDER; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOLID; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 40349091845     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2007.11.030     Document Type: Article

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