Pneumatic transport of granular materials through a 90° bend

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 4637-4651

  Lee, Lai Yeng ^a   Quek, Tai Yong ^a   Deng, Rensheng ^b   Ray, Madhumita B ^a   Wang, Chi Hwa ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bend; Granular materials; Multiphase flow; Pneumatic conveying; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; POLYPROPYLENES; PRESSURE DROP;

PNEUMATIC CONVEYING SYSTEM; PNEUMATIC TRANSPORT; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

PNEUMATICS;

GRANULAR MEDIUM;

EID: 4644296910     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.07.007     Document Type: Article

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