Dynamics of textile motion in a front-loading domestic washing machine

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 75, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-27

  Mac Namara, C ^a   Gabriele, A ^b   Amador, C ^b   Bakalis, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass transfer; Porous media; Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT); Solid mechanics; Unit operations; Washing machine

Indexed keywords

AXIS OF ROTATION; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROCESS; DEAD ZONES; EULERIAN APPROACH; FLOWTHROUGH; GRINDING MEDIA; HIGH-SPEED DETECTION; MECHANICAL ACTION; POSITRON EMISSION PARTICLE TRACKING; ROTATING DRUMS; SOLID MECHANICS; TRACER PARTICLE;

AIR; CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); GRINDING MILLS; LOADING; MASS TRANSFER; POROUS MATERIALS; POSITRONS; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; SHEAR DEFORMATION; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE MILLS; WASHERS; WASHING MACHINES;

TEXTILES;

EID: 84860581776     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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