Predicting the fraction of the mixing zone of a rolling bed in rotary kilns

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3059-3063

  Yan Liu, Xiao ^a   Specht, Eckehard ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical reactors; Granular materials; Mathematical modeling; Particle Technology; Rolling motion; Rotary kiln

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF REPOSE; DIMENSIONLESS VARIABLES; FILLING DEGREE; LATERAL MIXING; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MAXIMAL ERROR; MIXING ZONES; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PARTICLE TECHNOLOGY; ROLLING MOTION; ROTATING CYLINDERS; TESTING MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

BRICKMAKING; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHEMICALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FROUDE NUMBER; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MIXING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); ROTARY KILNS;

FURNACES;

EID: 77950595645     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.01.031     Document Type: Article

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