DEM study of the flow of cohesive particles in a screw feeder

Powder Technology

Volumn 256, Issue , 2014, Pages 529-539

  Hou, Q F ^a   Dong, K J ^a   Yu, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cohesive particles; Discrete element method; Energy consumption; Granular dynamics; Screw feeder

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FEEDING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

COHESIVE PARTICLE; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; GRANULAR DYNAMICS; SCREW FEEDERS; SIMULATED RESULTS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; STANDARD DEVIATION; VAN DER WAALS ATTRACTION;

SCREWS;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; GENERAL DEVICE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; SCREW FEEDER;

EID: 84896399284     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2014.01.062     Document Type: Article

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