Comparisons of PEPT derived charge features in wet milling environments with a friction-adjusted DEM model

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 162-175

  Govender, I ^a   Cleary, P W ^b   Mainza, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

DEM; Grinding mill; Media motion; PEPT; Validation

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRINDING MILLS;

DEM; EXPLICIT REPRESENTATION; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; MEDIA MOTION; PARTICULATE FLOWS; PEPT; POSITRON EMISSION PARTICLE TRACKING; VALIDATION;

FRICTION;

EID: 84874297094     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.04.023     Document Type: Article

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