Modeling continuous powder mixing by means of the theory of Markov chains

Particulate Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 379-389

  Berthiaux, H ^a   Marikh, K ^a   Mizonov, V ^b   Ponomarev, D ^b   Barantzeva, E ^b  

^a ECOLE DES MINES D ALBI CARMAUX   (France)

^b IVANOVO STATE POWER ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chain model; Continuous powder mixing; Residence time distribution; Transition probabilities; Variance reduction ratio

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING;

PARTICLE RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION (RTD); POWDER MIXING; VARIANCE REDUCTION RATIO (VRR);

POWDERS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DISPERSION; ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODEL; PARAMETER; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TECHNOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 8444232510     PISSN: 02726351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02726350490516037     Document Type: Article

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