Prediction of minimum fluidization velocity for fine tailings materials

Powder Technology

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-271

  Gupta, S K ^a   Agarwal, V K ^b   Singh, S N ^b   Seshadri, V ^b   Mills, David ^c   Singh, J ^a   Prakash, Chandra ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correlation; Fluidized motion conveying system; Gas solid fluidization; Minimum fluidization velocity

Indexed keywords

COMBINED EFFECT; CORRELATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUIDIZED MOTION CONVEYING SYSTEM; GAS-SOLID FLUIDIZATION; HYDRO-CYCLONE; LARGE DEVIATIONS; MINIMUM FLUIDIZATION VELOCITY;

FLUID DYNAMICS; FLY ASH; IRON ORES; ORE TAILINGS; PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; VELOCITY; ZINC;

FLUIDIZATION;

IRON; URANIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLUIDIZATION; FLY ASH; FORCE; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; PREDICTION; VELOCITY;

EID: 70349466509     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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