DEM study of the transverse mixing of wet particles in rotating drums

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-107

  Liu, P Y ^a   Yang, R Y ^a   Yu, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circulation period; Discrete element method; Particle flow; Rotating drum; Transverse mixing; Wet particles

Indexed keywords

FILLING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; SURFACE TENSION;

CAPILLARY FORCE; DRUM ROTATION SPEED; EXPONENTIAL INCREASE; FILLING LEVELS; GENERAL METHOD; LIQUID SURFACE TENSION; MIXED STATE; MIXING INDEX; MIXING PERFORMANCE; MIXING TIME; PARTICLE CIRCULATION; PARTICLE FLOW; PARTICLE MIXING; PARTICLE MOVEMENT; ROTATING DRUMS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TRANSVERSE MIXING; TRANSVERSE PLANES; WET PARTICLES;

MIXING;

EID: 84870253773     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.06.015     Document Type: Article

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