Granular mixing and segregation in a horizontal rotating drum: A simulation study on the impact of rotational speed and fill level

AIChE Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3133-3146

  Arntz, M M H D ^a   Den Otter, W K ^b   Briels, W J ^b   Bussmann, P J T ^c   Beeltink, H H ^a   Boom, R M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bed behavior diagram; Inverted segregation; Order parameter; Radial segregation; Segregation mechanism

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; ROTATION;

BED BEHAVIOR DIAGRAM; INVERTED SEGREGATION; ORDER PARAMETER; RADIAL SEGREGATION; SEGREGATION MECHANISM;

SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

EID: 57049126542     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11622     Document Type: Article

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