Compaction and size segregation in a liquid-saturated grain packing due to pulsation effect during air injection

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2680-2688

  Kong, Xiang Zhao ^a   Kinzelbach, Wolfgang ^a   Stauffer, Fritz ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Compaction; Fluid mechanics; Multiphase flow; Porous media; Size segregation; Stability

Indexed keywords

AIR CHANNELS; AIR FLOW; AIR INJECTION; AIR PATHWAY; CAPILLARY INSTABILITY; CHANNEL MIGRATION; CHANNEL SIZES; COARSER GRAINS; COMPACTION PROCESS; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; GRAIN PACKINGS; GRAIN SIZE; HAGEN-POISEUILLE; LIQUID LEAD; LOWER BOUNDS; POROUS MEDIA; PULSATION EFFECTS; QUASI-STATIC; REARRANGEMENT PROCESS; SIZE SEGREGATION; STABILIZATION PROCESS;

AIR; COMPACTION; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); FLUID MECHANICS; LIQUIDS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS;

SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

EID: 77649187133     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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