Electrostatic charging during the flow of grains from a cylinder

Powder Technology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-165

  LaMarche, Keirnan R ^a   Liu, Xue ^a   Shah, Shejal K ^a   Shinbrot, Troy ^b   Glasser, Benjamin J ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatics; Powder flow; Triboelectrification

Indexed keywords

CHARGE ACCUMULATION; CYLINDER WALLS; ELECTROSTATIC CHARGING; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; MASS FLOW; MATERIAL SEGREGATION; METAL CYLINDERS; MONODISPERSE; NET CHARGES; ON FLOW; POWDER FLOW; SEGREGATION EFFECTS; TRIBOELECTRIFICATION;

DISSOCIATION; ELECTROSTATICS; POWDER METALS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

ACRYLIC ACID; METAL; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ELECTRICITY; FLOW KINETICS; GRAIN; HUMIDITY; PREDICTION; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAND; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 67650523296     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2009.05.026     Document Type: Article

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