Predicting discharge dynamics of wet cohesive particles from a rectangular hopper using the discrete element method (DEM)

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 5268-5275

  Anand, Anshu ^a   Curtis, Jennifer S ^a   Wassgren, Carl R ^b   Hancock, Bruno C ^c   Ketterhagen, William R ^c  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Discharge rate; Discrete element method; Flow rate; Granular materials; Hopper; Liquid bridge; Particulate processes; Powder; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE RATE; DISCHARGE RATES; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; LIQUID BRIDGE; PARTICULATE PROCESS;

ADHESION; FLOW SIMULATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; LIQUIDS; MATERIALS HANDLING; SIMULATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HOPPERS;

EID: 71149117347     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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