Particle transport by standing waves on an electric curtain

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 289-298

  Liu, G ^a,b   Marshall, J S ^b  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete element method; Dust mitigation; Electric curtain; Standing waves

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VELOCITY; BROWNIAN MOTION; DIELECTRIC SURFACE; DIFFERENT MODES; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISCRETE-ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; DUST MITIGATION; ELECTRIC CURTAIN; OSCILLATING POTENTIAL; PARALLEL ELECTRODES; PARTICLE COLLISION; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; STANDING WAVE; TRANSPORT MODES; WAVE SPEED;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; DUST; PARTICLE SEPARATORS; WAVES;

ELASTIC WAVES;

EID: 77955084581     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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