DEM prediction of particle flows in grinding processes

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 319-353

  Cleary, Paul W ^a   Sinnott, M D ^a   Morrison, R D ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breakage; Comminution; DEM; Energy utilization; Milling; Particles

Indexed keywords

BALL MILLING; BALL MILLS; CANNING; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CEMENT MANUFACTURE; CEMENTS; COMMINUTION; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD PROCESSING; GARNETS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); GRINDING (MACHINING); GRINDING MILLS; MINERALOGY; MINING; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFATE MINERALS; SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR;

AUTOGENOUS MILL; BREAKAGE; BREAKAGE PROCESSES; CEMENT CLINKERS; CEMENT GRINDING; COMMINUTION EQUIPMENT; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; DEM; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; ENERGY FLOWS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FEED MATERIALS; FINE GRINDING; GRINDING PROCESSES; GRINDING TABLE; INDUSTRIAL MINERALS; LARGE RANGE; MILLING; MINERAL PROCESSING; PARTICLE FLOWS; PARTICLE SIZE REDUCTION; PARTICLES; TARGET SIZE; ULTRA-FINE GRINDING;

MINERALS;

EID: 52649165174     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1728     Document Type: Article

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