Numerical modeling of the trajectories of plastic granules in a tribo-aero-electrostatic separator

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-286

  Li, Jia ^a   Dascalescu, Lucian ^b   Bilici, Mihai ^b   Xu, Zhenming ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Computational electrostatics; Electric charge; Electric field; Electric forces; Electrostatic processes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROSTATICS; DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC FORCE; ELECTROSTATIC PROCESS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPERATING VARIABLES; RECYCLING OF WASTES; SYSTEM OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GRANULATION; TRAJECTORIES;

PLASTICS;

EID: 84875680482     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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