Electrostatics of the granular flow in a pneumatic conveying system

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 7181-7199

  Yao, Jun ^a   Zhang, Yan ^b   Wang, Chi Hwa ^a,b   Matsusaka, Shuji ^c   Masuda, Hiroaki ^c  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULAR MATERIALS; PIPE; PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS;

GRANULAR FLOW; PARTICLE CHARGE DENSITY;

ELECTROSTATICS;

ELECTROSTATIC CHARGING;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; DISPERSION; ELECTRICITY; FLOW; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 6344240856     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049661l     Document Type: Article

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