Bulk solids: optimizing screw conveyors

Title: Bulk solids: optimizing screw conveyors
Creator: Roberts, Alan W.
Relation: Chemical Engineering Vol. 122, Issue 2, p. 62-67
Relation: http://www.chemengonline.com/bulk-solids-optimizing-screw-conveyors/
Publisher: Access Intelligence
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2015
Description: Despite their apparent simplicity, the complexity of these conveying systems demands proper design and an understanding of the underlying principles Screw conveyors play a major role in a wide variety of industrial operations that involve the handling of bulk solids. While their use is generally limited to relatively short conveying distances, their versatility in being able to provide reliable operation for conveying over a wide range of elevation angles from the horizontal to the vertical is well established. Despite their apparent simplicity, their mode of operation is far from simple. For this reason, it is important that conveyor designers, manufacturers and users have some understanding of the basic mechanics governing their performance. This discussion of screw conveyor fundamentals draws upon background research that is presented in Refs. 1–7.
Subject: screw conveyors; bulk solids; conveying systems
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1336428
Identifier: uon:27615
Identifier: ISSN:0009-2460
Language: eng
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