Enhancing mixing of particles by baffles in a rotating drum mixer

Particuology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 270-278

  Jiang, Maoqiang ^a   Zhao, Yongzhi ^a   Liu, Gesi ^a   Zheng, Jinyang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Baffle; Discrete element method (DEM); Drum mixer; Particle mixing; Size segregation

Indexed keywords

BAFFLE; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD (DEM); DRUM MIXER; PARTICLE MIXING; SIZE SEGREGATION;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; MIXERS (MACHINERY); OPTIMIZATION; ROTATION; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

MIXING;

EID: 79959508162     PISSN: 16742001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.partic.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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