Numerical analysis of agitation torque and particle motion in a high shear mixer

Powder Technology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-136

  Sato, Yoshinobu ^a   Nakamura, Hideya ^b   Watano, Satoru ^b  

^a ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agitation torque; Discrete element method; High shear mixer; Kinetic energy; Particle motion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; SHEARING MACHINES; SPEED; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TORQUE; TRACKING RADAR;

(ALGORITHMIC) COMPLEXITY; DIFFERENT VELOCITY; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD (DEM); ELSEVIER (CO); HIGH SHEAR MIXERS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PARTICLE BEHAVIOR; PARTICLE FLOWS; PARTICLE KINETIC ENERGY; PARTICLE MOTIONS; PARTICLE VELOCITY PROFILES; ROTATIONAL SPEEDS; SIMULATED RESULTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D);

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FORCE; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTION; ROTATION; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

EID: 47049115920     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2007.11.028     Document Type: Article

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