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thesis
posted on 2018-07-11, 08:56 authored by Cheung-Mau (Paul) YeungThe literature published on powder mixing is reviewed
and the conclusion drawn that the operation is misunderstood
and the situation confused because insufficient attention has
been paid to the properties of particles being mixed. As an aid
to simplification, powders are classified as free-flowing powders
where the particle motion is individual, and non-free-flowing
powders where the mixing is more concerned with the shuffling
and subsequent breaking down of large agglomerates.
This thesis considers the mixing of free-flowing powders
only. [Continues.]
Funding
Loughborough University of Technology (research scholarship).
History
School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Chemical Engineering