Impact of process parameters on critical performance attributes of a continuous blender-A DEM-based study

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3676-3684

  Dubey, Atul ^a   Vanarase, Aditya U ^a   Muzzio, Fernando J ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous blender; Discrete element method; Residence time distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONTINUOUS BLENDER; DISCRETE ELEMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FEED-RATES; FLOW DYNAMICS; IMPELLER DESIGN; IMPELLER SPEED; PARTICLE RESIDENCE TIME; PERFORMANCE ATTRIBUTES; PROCESS PARAMETERS; RESIDENCE TIME; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMPELLERS;

BLENDING;

EID: 84868694195     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.13770     Document Type: Article

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