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Fluidization Of Agglomerates Of Nanoparticles Under Different Force Fields, Jose A. Quevedo
Fluidization Of Agglomerates Of Nanoparticles Under Different Force Fields, Jose A. Quevedo
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Nanoparticles are the focus of many research activities, and in the near future they will be handled in large amounts by industry. Fluidization is a very important unit operation which is applied in several industrial processes.
In the present work, fluidization experiments with agglomerates of nanoparticles were done under different force fields: (1) gravity force or conventional fluidization; (2) a magnetic force field, which uses magnetic particles under the influence of a magnetic field; and (3) a centrifugal force, generated by a rotating frame that simulates higher gravity conditions.
Among the significant results with agglomerates of nanoparticles, conventional fluidization was …