A novel brush feeder for the pneumatic delivery of dispersed small particles at steady feed rates

Powder Technology

Volumn 229, Issue , 2012, Pages 45-50

  Woodruff, R Bryan ^a   Kreider, Peter ^a   Weimer, Alan W ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol flow; Biomass feeder; Brush feeder; Dispersion; Particle feeder

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FLOW; AEROSOL FLOW REACTORS; BIOMASS PARTICLE; CARRIER GAS FLOW; DISPERSED PARTICLE; FEED-RATES; FEEDING SYSTEM; HIGH ASPECT RATIO PARTICLES; LABORATORY SCALE; SMALL PARTICLES; SWITCHGRASS;

ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BIOMASS; BRUSHES; DISPERSION (WAVES); FEEDSTOCKS; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; SPRAY DRYING;

FEEDING;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; BIOMASS PARTITIONING; BRUSH FEEDING SYSTEM; BULK DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; GRAVIMETRY; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEADY STATE;

EID: 84864303839     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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