Surface particle motions in rotating cylinders: Validation and similarity for an industrial scale kiln

Powder Technology

Volumn 224, Issue , 2012, Pages 260-272

  Demagh, Yassine ^a,c   Ben Moussa, Hocine ^a   Lachi, Mohammed ^b   Noui, Samira ^a   Bordja, Lyes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATNA   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JIJEL   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Flow regimes; Industrial kilns; Rotating cylinders; Surface particle motions; Two fluid method

Indexed keywords

FLOW REGIMES; INDUSTRIAL KILNS; ROTATING CYLINDERS; SURFACE PARTICLE MOTION; TWO-FLUID;

BRICKMAKING; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); INDUSTRY;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FLOW KINETICS; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; ROTATING CYLINDER; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84860529545     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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