Mixing large and small particles in a pilot scale rotary kiln

Powder Technology

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 273-280

  Nielsen, Anders Rooma ^a,b   Aniol, Rasmus Wochnik ^a,b   Larsen, Morten Boberg ^a   Glarborg, Peter ^b   Dam Johansen, Kim ^b  

^a FLSmidth AS   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alternative fuels; Cement; Combustion; Heating; Mixing; Rotary kiln

Indexed keywords

CEMENT ROTARY KILN; COMBUSTION MECHANISM; FUEL PARTICLES; FUNCTION OF TIME; HIGH-DENSITY; INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS; PILOT SCALE; ROTATIONAL SPEED; SMALL PARTICLES; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BRICKMAKING; CEMENTS; COMBUSTION; EXPERIMENTS; FUEL GAGES; FURNACES; HEATING;

ROTARY KILNS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHARCOAL; IRON OXIDE; PLASTIC; RUBBER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; EQUIPMENT; HEATING; MIXING; MOTOR VEHICLE TIRE; OBSERVATION; PARTICLE DENSITY; PARTICLE SIZE; ROTARY KILN; ROTATION; SCALE UP; TIME; WOOD;

EID: 79955916756     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.03.029     Document Type: Article

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