Suppressing the segregation of granular mixtures in rotating tumblers

AIChE Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3124-3132

  Vargas, Watson L ^a   Hajra, Suman K ^a   Shi, Deliang ^a   McCarthy, J J ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow perturbation; Granular mixing; Scale up; Segregation

Indexed keywords

AXIAL PLACEMENTS; FLOW PERTURBATION; GRANULAR MIXING; GRANULAR MIXTURES; INTENSITY OF SEGREGATIONS; PERIODIC FLOWS; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATIONS; SCALE-UP; SEGREGATION; SIZE SEGREGATIONS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS; MODULATION; ROTATION;

SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

EID: 57049104024     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11640     Document Type: Article

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