Article: Will mass flow solve all your segregation problems? When materials are prone to fluidizing and sifting segregation, the best solutions involve flow pattern with a twist.(Solids Processing)

Article: Converting from funnel flow to mass ...
Power;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... flow characteristics of the material being handled. Basically, there are two primary flow patterns: funnel flow and mass flow. In funnel flow, an active flow channel forms above the outlet, with nonflowing material at the periphery. As the ...

Article: BMA-Minnesota Program Explores "How to Make Your Funnel ...
Business Wire;  January 7, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Led by Australian author of The Leaky Funnel([TM Jan. 22 event will discuss the emerging "Buyer Marketing" funnel strategy MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota chapter of the Business Marketing Association (BMA-Minnesota) will kick off its 2009 professional development program series on Jan. 22, with an

Article: Selection of discharge aids for bins & silos: when bulk solids ...
Chemical Engineering;  August 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... regions; and funnel flow or core flow (non-mass flow), where there ... for achieving mass flow because funnel-flow designs will not ... slope for slip in mass flow or for the ultimate ... of contents in funnel flow. A design procedure ...

Article: A method to quantitatively describe powder segregation during ...
Pharmaceutical Technology;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... flow out of bins is generally classified as mass flow or funnel flow. Mass flow has been defined as occurring when "solids ... last-out manner. Whether a given system is mass flow or funnel flow is governed by the bin angle, the diameter ...

Article: Ebb and flow: understanding powder flow behavior.(POWDER ...
Pharmaceutical Processing;  March 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... primary flow patterns that can occur: funnel flow and mass flow (Figure 1). In funnel flow, an active flow channel forms above ... hoppers. [FIGURE 3 OMITTED] RELIABLE FUNNEL FLOW DESIGN Although mass flow has many advantages, there are instances ...

Article: PRB Coal Users Group to convene in March
Power;  November 1, 2001 ;     448 words ... ... Pulverized Fuel Systems that new coal silos and bunkers must be designed for mass flow--rather than funnel flow--as a preventive measure. In order to achieve mass flow, two conditions must be met: (1) The sloping hopper walls must be steep ...

Article: Laboratory models now 'irrelevant.' (solids flow models)
Process Engineering;  April 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... was confined to silos in funnel flow, mass flow behaviour being well documented ... concentric, thought to be mass flow at the top and funnel flow lower down which the research team referred to as 'semi-mass flow'. The British Gypsum experiments ...