Effect of lubrication on the distribution of force between spherical agglomerates during compression

Powder Technology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-74

  Mahmoodi, Foad ^a   Alderborn, Göran ^a   Frenning, Göran ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon paper technique; Compression; Force distributions; Granular materials; Lubrication

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; BULK DENSITY; CARBON PAPER; COMPRESSED PELLETS; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSION FORCE; DEFORMABILITY; FORCE DISTRIBUTIONS; IMAGE-PROCESSING SOFTWARE; INTERPARTICLE FRICTION; LUBRICANT FILMS; MAGNESIUM STEARATE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; PACKING ORDER; PARTICLE REARRANGEMENT; PHOTO QUALITY PAPER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPHERICAL AGGLOMERATES; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION;

AGGLOMERATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUBRICATION; MAGNESIUM; ORE PELLETS; PELLETIZING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPHERES; SURFACE TREATMENT;

PAPER;

MAGNESIUM STEARATE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COMPRESSION; CONTACT STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMABILITY; FORCE; FORCE DISTRIBUTION; FORCE TRANSMISSION; GRANULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUBRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PELLET EXTRUSION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AGGLOMERATION; CARBON; COMPRESSION; GRANULES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUBRICATION; MAGNESIUM; PAPER; SPHERES; SURFACE TREATMENT;

EID: 72049086945     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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