Modelling breakage and reagglomeration during fine dry grinding in ball milling devices

Powder Technology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-216

  Fadda, S ^a   Cincotti, A ^a   Concas, A ^b   Pisu, M ^b   Cao, G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Italy)

^c Laboratorio di Cagliari del Consorzio INCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Ball milling; Breakage; Kernel efficiency; Modelling

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; AGGREGATION KERNELS; BREAKAGE; DRY GRINDING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINE POWDERS; FITTING PROCEDURE; FRAGILE MATERIALS; KERNEL EFFICIENCY; MODEL RELIABILITY; MODELLING; POPULATION BALANCE APPROACH; POROUS AGGREGATES; POWDER SYSTEMS; PRIMARY PARTICLES; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION;

AGGLOMERATION; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); GRINDING (MACHINING); MILLING (MACHINING); MILLING MACHINES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POWDERS; SPHERES;

BALL MILLING;

ARTICLE; BALL MILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; GRINDING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; POWDER; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION;

EID: 67349144131     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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