Formulation of a physically motivated specific breakage rate parameter for ball milling via the discrete element method

AIChE Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2404-2415

  Capece, Maxx ^a   Bilgili, Ecevit ^a   Davé, Rajesh N ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Batch dry milling; Breakage rate parameter; Discrete element method; Particulate process; Population balance model

Indexed keywords

BALL MILLING; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; MILLING (MACHINING);

BREAKAGE RATES; COLLISION ENERGIES; DISSIPATION ENERGY; DRY MILLING; PARTICULATE PROCESS; PHYSICALLY BASED; POPULATION BALANCE MODELING; SILICA GLASS BEADS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 84902162289     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14451     Document Type: Article

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