Application of the discrete approach to the simulation of size segregation in granular chute flow

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 5521-5528

  Zhang, Jiayuan ^a   Hu, Ziguo ^b   Ge, Wei ^a   Zhang, Yongjie ^b   Li, Tinghua ^a   Li, Jinghai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b BAOSHAN IRON AND STEEL CO LTD   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SINTERING;

CHUTE FLOW; SIZE SEGREGATION;

FLUID MECHANICS;

GRANULAR MEDIUM; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; PARTICLE FLOW; SOLID FLOW;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GRANULAR CHUTE FLOW; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE PARTITIONING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 4344716913     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie034254f     Document Type: Article

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