Modeling of the mixing of monodisperse particles using a stationary DEM-based Markov process

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1334-1341

  Doucet, Jocelyn ^a   Hudon, Nicolas ^b   Bertrand, François ^a   Chaouki, Jamal ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discrete element method (DEM); Drum tumbler; Granular mixing; Markov chain; Monte Carlo method

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW STRUCTURE; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY;

DRUM TUMBLER; GRANULAR MIXING;

MIXING;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW STRUCTURE; MARKOV PROCESSES; MIXING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 41349103275     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2007.06.019     Document Type: Article

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