Solids transport modeling in a fluidized drum granulator

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 6986-6997

  Rojas, Rodrigo ^a   Piña, Juliana ^a   Bucalá, Verónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MASS; DRUM GRANULATORS; HIGH ROTATIONAL SPEED; HORIZONTAL CYLINDERS; INCLINATION ANGLES; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; MASS FLOW; POPULATION BALANCES; SOLIDS FLOW; SOLIDS TRANSPORT;

FLOW PATTERNS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GRANULATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FLUIDIZATION;

EID: 77955014913     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie901691v     Document Type: Article

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