Glossary Of Terms In Powder & Bulk Technology
BS EN 741:2000, Continuous handling equipment and systems- Safety and EMC requirements for
systems and their components for pneumatic handling of bulk material
B.S. EN 933:, Test for the geometrical properties of aggregates. Determination of particle size distribution.
Part 1:1997, Sieving method.
Part 2:1996, Test sieves. Normal size of apertures.
Part 3:2001, Assessment of fines. Grading of fillers.(air jet sieving).
B.S. EN 1015-1:1999, Method of test for mortar for masonry. Determination of particle size distribution.
(by sieve analysis).
BS EN 1093Safety of machinery. Evaluating the emission of airborne hazardous substances. Selection
of test methods.
B.S. EN 24497:1993, Metallic powders. Determination of particle size by dry sieving.
99/123348 DC B.S. ISO 13318-1, Determination of particle size by centrifugal liquid sedimentation
methods. Part 1, General principals and guidelines. (ISO/DIS 13318.1).
99/402492 DC. Determination of particle size distribution. Single particle light interaction method.
Part 1. Light interaction considerations .B.S. ISO 13323-1).
00/120697 DC ISO/DIS 13318-2 Determination of particle size by centrifugal liquid sedimentation
methods. Part 2. photocentrifugal method).
00/122547 DC BS/ISO 13338-3 Determination of particle size by centrifugal liquid sedimentation
methods. Part 3. Centrifugal X ray method.
00/562027 DC ISO 17090-3 Polymer based absorbent materials. Measuement of characteristics.
Part 3, determination of particle size distribution by sieve fractionation
01/120730 DC BS ISO 13323-2 Determination of particle size distribution. Single particle light interaction
methodPart 2. Light scattering single particle interaction device design, performance,
specification and operation requirements
01/120731 DC BS ISO 13323-2 Determination of particle size distribution. Single particle light interaction
methodPart 3.Single particle light-extinguishing device design, performance,
specification and operation requirements
01/124616 DC BS ISO 2926, Aluminium oxide primarily used for the manufacture of aluminium.. Particle size analysis (45 micro m to 150 micro m) Test method using electroformed sieves
Federation Europeenne de la manutention, (FEM), - Section II, List of bulk products
Silos – Draft design code for silos, bins, bunkers and hoppers.
B.S. ISO 10725:2000, Acceptance sampling plans and processes for inspecting bulk materials.
B.S. ISO 11648:2000, Statistical aspects of sampling from bulk materials.
Part 2., Sampling of particulate materials. ISO/DIS.11648-21
92/70320 DC, Specification for continuous handling equipment and systems. Equipment for handling both unit loads and bulk materials. Special safety requirements for design, manufacture, erection and commissioning.
92/70322:2000, Specification for continuous handling equipment and systems. Equipment for handling bulk materials only, (including mobile machines). Special safety requirements for design, manufacture, erection and commissioning.
Directive 99/45/ECWeighting of risk phases
Directive 67/548/EECCriteria and data interpretation that are used for classification
ANSI(Z2400.1-1993)Structure of format for Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) prepared by: -
The American National Standards Institute, (accepted in USA, Mexico and Canada.). ■
Glossary Of Terms In Powder & Bulk Technology
Appendix III - Andrew W. Jenike
No publication listing terms relating to bulk solids would be complete without reference to Jenike, who publication 1964, Bull.123 of the Utah University Experimental Station, is the most widely quoted references in any publication or Conference relating to Bulk Technology. This document laid the foundation for understanding the flow and behaviour of loose solids and introduced a theory, measuring technique and design formula for modern hopper design.
Before the work no significant strides had been made in this field since Janssen’s one and only paper on silo pressures in 1895. By contrast, Andrew Jenike and his research student Jerry Johanson went on from this pioneering work to develop these and other concepts and introduce practical applications through a host of industries that handle particulate materials. The contribution to industrial efficiency by major and many minor users of bulk materials is immense.
This tribute to his skill and insight is extended to the dedication with which he pursued the ideas. Having selected the subject from a personal analysis that reviewed the outstanding industrial problems of the day he dedicated his career to understanding and providing a solution to solids flow problems. From first hand experience at US steel, he realised that the empirical methods in use for the design of bulk storage hoppers and silos did not address the fundamental nature of the material being handled. His timely attention to the technology, and ability to read Russian for the interpretation of a crucial technical paper, fell into place with the fortunate choice of a talented student, Johanson, to aid the mathematical and practical workshop demands.
From completing the ground breaking thesis, Andrew and Jerry went on to found the consulting organisation, Jenike and Johanson Inc. that continues today. Jerry brought a number of innovative developments to the market and continuous to apply his experience to industrial problems and developments. Their work spawned centres of specialisation in many countries through the world. In Germany it furthered the thorough, but less prominent, work of Hans Rumf and his co-workers. UK formed schools of particle and powder technology under Brian Scarlett and John Williams, whilst bulk handling in Australia was advanced under the methodical analyst Alan Roberts and his co-worker, Peter Arnold. A trail of enthused devotes to the subject has made an international change in industrial performance well out of proportion to their numbers.
The challenges are far from complete. The sheer scale of application may be contemplated by the fact the almost half the products used and consumed by society is, or has been at some time, in particulate form and that there are invariable multiple occasions that these products and stored and handled from source to use. Broad education in the subject, at least in a basic form, is a monumental task to bring awareness of the both the benefits of good design and the hazards, both financial and personal, of operational failure because of apparently simple and inexpensive capital items. The technology itself embraces many disciplines and demands refinement in many areas, such as evaluation and quantification techniques. Greater tests lie ahead. The glowing opportunities beckoning from nano-technology has to be soberly countered with the realisation that these particles not only have to be made, but then handled in a reliable manner. The ingenuity of man is far from exhausted, but will continue to be well tested. ■
Glossary Of Terms In Powder & Bulk Technology
List of Terms
abrasivenessSection 5
absolute powder densitySection 3
absolute powder volume Section 3
absorptionSection 3
accuracySection 1
acicularSection 7
active stressSection 12
actual gas velocitySection 14
adhesionSection 12
adsorbateSection 9
adsorbed waterSection 1
adsorbentSection 9
adsorptionSection 9
adsorption hysteresisSection 9
adsorption isothermSection 9
adsorption surface areaSection 9
adsorptiveSection 9
aerated bulk density Section 3
aerationSection 1
aerodynamic diameterSection 5
aeroflow testerSection 12
aerosolSection 1
agglomerate Section 3
air-retarded flowSection 13
air retentionSection 14
Ajax cohesion testerSection 12
Ajax tensile testerSection 12
analysis sampleSection 11
Andreasen pipetteSection 11
anisotropicSection 1
angle of effective yield locusSection 12
angle of internal frictionSection 12
angle of obliquity Section 12
angle of reposeSection 12
angle of wall frictionSection 12
angularSection 7
anisotrophySection 12
annular attrition cellSection 12
annular shear cellSection 12
ANSI MSDS FormatSection 12
aperture sizeSection 11
apparent particle densitySection 5
apparent particle volumeSection 6
apparent powder densitySection 3
apparent powder volumeSection 3
archingSection 13
area, calculated surfaceSection 9
area, permeability surfaceSection 9
Arizona test (road) dustSection 2
aspect ratioSection 7
ASTM Standard D – 6128.Section 12
asymmetric flowSection 13
atomised powderSection 2
attributesSection 12
attritionSection 1
attrition testSection 11
autocorrelation spectroscopySection 11
avalanche testerSection 12
avalanchingSection 13
average gas velocitySection 14
background (of image analysis)Section 10
ballotiniSection 2
barrel sectionSection 1
BCIRA dust samplerSection 11
BCURA sampling trainSection 11
BCURA sedimentationSection 11
bed Section 1
bed flowSection 13
bed porositySection 3
BET surface areaSection 9
biaxial compressionSection 1
biaxial state of stressSection 1
biaxial shear testerSection 12
big bagSection 1
binSection 1
bin activatorSection 13
binary imageSection 10
binder Section 1
Bingham plasticSection 1
Binsert®Section 13
Blain finenessSection 5
Blain permeameter Section 11
blending Section 4
blindingSection 3
blobSection 10
blinded bendSection 14
BMHBSection 12
body forceSection 1
body sectionSection 1
boiling fluid bedSection 4
Bond work indexSection 5
Boolian operationSection 10
Bostock’s sedimentation balanceSection 11
boulder Section 6
Boundbrook photsedimentometerSection 11
bridge widthSection 11
bridgingSection 13
Brownian motionSection 5
bubble point Section 11
buffered line start method Section 11
bulk Section 3
bulk densitySection 12
Bulk Materials Handling CommitteeSection 12
bullet insert Section 13
bunkerSection 1
C test dustSection 2
cakingSection 13
caking testerSection 12
calcined powderSection 2
calciningSection 4
calculated surface areaSection 9
calibration Section 11
calibration factor Section 11
calibration materialSection 2
capture zoneSection 4
capillarity Section 1
carbonyl powderSection 2
Carr’s compressibility indexSection 12
cascade impacter Section 11
cavitationSection 1
cavitySection 7
CEMA Section 12
cementationSection 4
cenospheres Section 2
centrifugal classification Section 11
centrifugal disc photosedimentometer Section 11
centrifugal elutriation Section 11
centrifugal sedimentation Section 11
certified reference materialSection 2
chemisorptionSection 9
chipSection 6
chokingSection 14
classification, (or particles)Section 5
classification, (of bulk solids) Section 12
classified grading, of lump sizeSection 6
claySection 2
clean roomSection 1
cleavageSection 5
close (of image analysis)Section 10
closed poreSection 8
C/M/R substancesSection 1
coagulantSection 1
coagulationSection 5
coalescenceSection 5
coefficient of compressionSection 3
coefficient of consolidationSection 3
coefficient of frictionSection 3
coefficient of permeabilitySection 3
coefficient of uniformitySection 3
coherent flowSection 13
cohesionSection 12
cohesive archingSection 13
cohesive strengthSection 13
cold pressingSection 4
colloidSection 1
comminutionSection 4
compactSection 4
compact, greenSection 4
compact, sinteredSection 4
compactionSection 12
compaction, biaxialSection 12
compaction, isostatic Section 12
compaction, uniaxialSection 12
compound stressSection 12
compressibility Section 12
compression index Section 1
compression ratioSection 3
compressive stress Section 1
composition, of bulkSection 12
cone and quarteringSection 11
‘Cone-in-Cone’ insertSection 13
conical flowSection 13
confined flowsection 13
consolidated, overSection 12
consolidated, criticalSection 12
consolidated, underSection 12
consolidationSection 1
consolidation locusSection 12
contamination classesSection 11
convective mixingSection 13
converging mass flow Section 13
convex perimeterSection 7
conveyor line exit velocitySection 14
core flowSection 13
Coulter counter (method) Section 11
creep Section 1
critical arching diameterSection 13
critical densitySection 1
critical consolidationSection12
critical rathole diameterSection13
critical sample sizeSection12
critical stateSection12
critical state lineSection12
critical void ratioSection12
CRM 116Section 2
crystalSection 7
crystalline powderSection 2
crystallineSection 7
C test dustSection 2
cumulative oversize distribution plotSection 6
cumulative undersize distribution plotSection 6
cut (of image analysisSection10
cut (of particle separation)Section 4
cylindricalSection 7
cyclosizer Section 11
D10Section 6
D60Section 6
dead region (of flow)Section 13
dead-space, adsorbateSection 9
de-aerationSection 13
de-aeration constantSection 13
deformation, elasticSection 12
deformation plasticSection 12
de-flocculationSection 5
delineationSection 10
deliquescentSection 1
dendriticSection 7
dense phase Section 14
density distributionSection 6
density, aerated bulkSection 3
density, apparent particleSection 5
density, apparent powderSection 12
density, bulkSection 12
density, effective particleSection 5
density, effective solidSection 12
density, greenSection 12
density, immersed particleSection 5
density, immersedSection 12
density, pouredSection 12
density, pressedSection 12
density, settledSection 12
density tappedSection 12
density, trueSection 5
desorbantSection 9
detectionSection 10
deviator stressSection 12
diameter, diffusionSection 6
diameter, equivalent, diffractionSection 6
diameter, equivalent, free-fallingSection 6
diameter, equivalent perimeterSection 6
diameter, equivalent sphereSection 6
diameter, equivalent surface Section 6
diameter, equivalent volumeSection 6
diameter, Ferrets Section 6
diameter, MartinsSection 6
diameter, maximum chordSection 6
diameter, meanSection 6
diameter, medianSection 6
diameter, modalSection 6
diameter, projected area Section 6
diameter, sievingSection 6
diameter, specific surfaceSection 6
diameter, specific volumeSection 6
diameter, Stokes’Section 6
diatomateous earth Section 2
differential distribution plotSection 6
diffraction Section 11
diffraction pattern Section 11
diffusion diameterSection 6
diffusive mixingSection 13
dilatant suspensionSection 1
dilateSection 10
dilatationSection 1
dilated bedSection 13
dilute phaseSection 14
discontinuous surfaceSection 12
direct method of measurementSection 11
disintergrantSection 1
dispersative quotientSection 10
dispersionSection 5
dispersitySection 6
distribution, massSection 6
distribution, numberSection 6
distribution, particle sizeSection 6
distribution, volumeSection 6
diatomatious earthSection 2
DOP testSection 11
drained coneSection 13
drained reposeSection 13
dry inertial collectorsSection 4
dry sievingSection 11
dune flowSection 14
dustSection 2
dynamic archingSection 13
dynamic frictionSection 3
dynamic rangeSection 6
dynamic reposeSection 13
Eagle Pincher photosedimentometer Section 11
eccentric flowSection 13
edgeSection 10
edge enhancementSection 10
Eel photosedimentometerSection 11
effective angle of frictionSection 12
effective particle densitySection 5
effective permeability, mass specific surfaceSection 9
effective permeability, vol. specific surfaceSection 9
effective solid densitySection 12
effective solid volumeSection 12
effective transitionSection 13
effective yield locusSection 12
elastic limitSection 1
elastic state of equilibriumSection 1
elastic strain energySection 1
elasto-plasticSection 1
electrical sensing zone methodSection 11
electrokinetic potentialSection 5
electrophorietic mass transportSection 11
electrostatic precipitators Section 4
elevatorSection 12
elutriationSection 11
elutriation, centrifugalSection 11
emulsionSection 1
end point, of testSection 11
end point, of yield locusSection 12
ending gas velocitySection 14
entrainment patternSection 1
envelope volumeSection 6
equilibrium adsorption pressureSection 9
equivalent free-falling diameterSection 6
equivalent settling diameterSection 6
equivalent surface diameterSection 6
equivalent surface levelSection 1
equivalent volume diameterSection 6
erode Section 10
expanded bedSection 4
expanded flowSection 13
eyepiece graticuleSection 10
fabric filtersSection 4
factor, recoverySection 12
factor, springSection 12
failureSection 1
failure criterionSection 1
false colourSection 10
feederSection 1
Feret’s diameterSection 6
FIBCSection 1
fibrousSection 7
fieldSection 10
fill weightSection 12
filling Section 10
filter cake Section 2
filter porositySection 1
Fine sandSection 12
finesSection 6
fines expressionSection 13
Fisher numberSection 6
Fisher sub-sieve sizer Section 11
flakeSection 7
flakiness ratioSection 7
flakySection 7
flocc, floc; flocculateSection 1
flocculationSection 5
floodingSection 13
flowSection 13
flow channelSection 13
flow factorSection 12
flow functionSection 12
flow insertsSection 13
flow regimeSection 13
flow patternSection 13
flow, steady stateSection 13
flowability Section 13
fluidSection 1
fluid bedSection 4
fluidisationSection 13
fluidisation, aptitude of a productSection 13
fluidisation, minimum speed of,Section 13
fluidisingSection 4
flushingSection 13
fly ashSection 2
formation stressesSection 12
foulingSection 5
Fox and Parekh permeamenterSection 11
fractionsSection 1
free air deliveredSection 14
frame, (of image analysis)Section 10
frame, (of particle sizing)Section 11
Frauhofer diffractionSection 11
Free air velocitySection 14
free-fall velocitySection 5
free-falling diameter, equivalentSection 6
free flowingSection 13
Freeman rheometerSection 12
frequency distribution plot Section 6
friabilitySection 3
fumeSection 1
fumed powderSection 2
funnel flowSection 13
Gausisian distributionSection 1
Geldarts classification Section 13
globularSection 7
Gooden and Smith permeameter Section 11
Goring-Kerr PhotosedimentometerSection 11
gradingSection 6
granularSection 7
granulationSection 4
graticule, eyepieceSection 10
gravelSection 3
gravity flowSection 13
gravity sedimentationSection 11
green compactSection 4
grey area haloSection 10
gritSection 2
hardnessSection 5
hang-up indicizerSection 12
halo errorSection 10
halo fillingSection 10
Haultain infrasizerSection 4
Hausner ratioSection 3
Hausner shape factorSection 7
hazardsSection 12
health hazard rankingSection 1
Helos defraction pattern analyserSection 10
HEPA filterSection 1
heterodisperse systemSection 6
hetrogeneous materialSection 1
Heywood elongation ratioSection 7
Heywood flakiness ratioSection 7
Heywood shape factorSection 7
Hitatchi scanning photosedimentometerSection 11
homogeneous materialSection 1
homogeneous suspensionSection 1
homogenisationSection 1
homogenisingSection 4
homogenising hopperSection 13
homogenising siloSection 13
hopperSection 1
hopper half angleSection 1
hopper sectionSection 1
Hosokawa TestsSection 12
hot pressingSection 4
Hvorslev surfaceSection 1
hydrodynamic clusterSection 3
hydrogen reduced powder Section 2
hydrophilic Section 2
hydrophobicSection 2
hydrostatic pressureSection 2
hygroscopicSection 1
hysteresis Section 1
iconometrics Section 10
IBCSection 1
image analysisSection 10
image enhancementSection 10
image frameSection 10
image processingSection 10
immersed particle densitySection 5
impact penetrationSection 13
impact testSection 11
impaction samplingSection 11
impactorSection 11
impinger Section 11
incipient failureSection 12
IndicizerSection 12
indirect method of measurementSection 11
instantaneous yield locusSection 12
‘ink bottle’ poreSection 8
inserts, flowSection 13
instantaneous compactionSection 12
instantaneous yield locusSection 12
internal frictionSection 12
intensity of segregationSection 13
intensity of variation Section 1
internal flowSection 13
intersticeSection 1
interstitial Section 1
interstitial gas velocitySection 14
inversion procedureSection 11
inversionSection 10
irregularSection 7
isokinetic sampleSection 11
ISO scale number Section 11
isometricSection 7
isostatic compactionSection 12
isotherm, adsorptionSection 9
isotropicSection 1
Jenike AndrewSection 1
Jenike cellSection 12
Jenike & Johanson quality control testSection 12
Jenike testSection 12
jet impacter Section 11
Johanson indicizerSection 12
Johanson porosity tester Section 12
Johanson wall frictiontester Section 12
Joyce-Loebel centrifuge Section 11
Kaye disc centifuge Section 11
Knudsen flowSection 9
Knudsen flow permeametrySection 11
konimeter Section 11
Kozeny-Carman equation Section 9
lamellarSection 7
laminar flowSection 1
latex particlesSection 1
lattice structureSection 8
lean phaseSection 14
Lee and Nurse permeameter Section 11
lengthSection 6
Leschonski pipette equipment Section 11
levigation Section 11
lid, cover Section 11
Limitations DirectiveSection 12
Limestone CRM-116Section 12
Limitations DirectiveSection 12
line start technique Section 11
liquefaction Section 1
live flowSection 13
load/compaction testSection 12
Log-normal distributionSection 1
Lotzch PermeameterSection 11
lump size gradingSection 6
lump form sizeSection 6
macroporeSection 8
major principal stressSection 3
major consolidating stressSection 12
manometer Section 11
margin Section 11
Martin’s diameterSection 6
mass diameterSection 6
mass flowSection 13
mass flow binSection 13
mass flow bunkerSection 13
mass flow hopperSection 13
mass flow siloSection 13
major consolidation stressSection 12
material mass flow rateSection 14
Material Safety Data Sheets(MSDS)Section 12
material velocitySection 14
mean gas velocitySection 14
mean particle sizeSection 6
mean stressSection 12
measurement frameSection 10
measuring rangeSection 1
mechanical archingSection 12
median diameterSection 6
mesoporeSection 8
micromerograph Section 11
micrometerSection 10
micrometre (m)Section 1
micronSection 1
microporeSection 8
milled powderSection 2
minimum conveying velocitySection 14
minimum fluidisation velocitySection 4
minor principal stressSection 3
mixed flowSection 13
modal diameterSection 6
modularSection 7
Mohr circleSection 12
Mohr’s scale of hardnessSection 5
moisture contentSection 12
molecular cross-sectional areaSection 9
molecular Knudsen flowSection 9
mono-axial cellSection 12
monodisperse systemSection 6
monolayer amountSection 9
monolayer capacitySection 9
monolithSection 1
MSDSSection 12
multi-poreSection 8
nanometre (nm)Section 1
nano technologySection 1
natural powderSection 2
needle-likeSection 7
negative void pressureSection 12
noduleSection 7
noiseSection 11
non-classified gradeSection 6
non-mass flowSection 13
normal distribution Section 1
normal stressSection 1
normallised stressSection 12
number distributionSection 6
objectSection 10
open poreSection 8
open (of image analysis) Section 10
oscillating hopper sample divider Section 3
Ostwald ripeningSection 5
out-of-roundSection 7
over-consolidatedSection 12
oversizeSection 6
parent populationSection 3
particleSection 1
particle adhesionSection 1
particle densitySection 5
particle density, trueSection 5
particle diameter, equivalentSection 6
particle, effective Section 1
particle size distributionSection 6
particle size, meanSection 6
particle volume, apparentSection 6
particle density, effectiveSection 5
particle, primarySection 1
particulateSection 1
particulate bedSection 1
particulate solidSection 1
particulate structureSection 1
passive stressSection 12
pegging Section 4
pelletSection 4
percentage open area Section 11
percolationSection 13
perforated plate Section 11
perimeter diameter, equivalentSection 6
period of scrutiny Section 2
permeabilitySection 3
permeability surface areaSection 9
permeameter Section 11
Peschl shear cellSection 12
phaseSection 1Page 10
photo correlation Section 11
photosedimentometer Section 11
pick up velocitySection 14
picture pointSection 10
pipe flowSection 13
pipette centrifugeSection 11
pipingSection 13
pitch Section 11
pixelSection 10
plane stressSection 12
plain weave Section 11
planar repose surfaceSection 12
plane flow Section 13
plate thickness Section 11
plug flowSection 14
points of co-ordinationSection 1
Poison’s ratioSection 1
polydisperse systemSection 6
poreSection 8
pore, closedSection 8
pore, ‘ink bottle’Section 8
pore, macro Section 8
pore, meso Section 8
pore, microSection 8
pore, multiSection 8
pore, openSection 8
pore size distributionSection 8
pore volumeSection 8
porosimeterSection 11
porosity, (of particle)Section 8
porosity, (of bulk)Section 12
porosity, filterSection 1
positive void pressureSection 12
poured coneSection 13
poured reposeSection 13
powder bedSection 13
powder density, absoluteSection 3
powder density, apparentSection 3
powder density, bulkSection 3
powder density, tappedSection 3
powder volume apparentSection 3
powderSection 1
precipitated powderSection 2
pre-sinteringSection 4
pressed densitySection 3
pressingSection 4
pressing, coldSection 4
pressing, hotSection 4
pressing, warmSection 4
pressure, equilibrium adsorptionSection 9
pressure, relativeSection 9
pressure, vapourSection 9
pressure-void ratio curveSection 12
primary consolidation Section 1
principal planeSection 12
principal stressSection 3
principal stress, majorSection 3
principal stress, minorSection 3
principal stress ratioSection 12
progressive failureSection 12
projected area diameterSection 6
properties, of bulk solidSection 12
pseudo-colourSection 10
pseudo-stereo photogrammatic analysisSection 12
pycnometer Section 11
pyrophoricSection 3
quakingSection 13
quasi-electric light scatteringSection 11
quiescent bedSection 4
radial flowSection 13
range, dynamicSection 6
rate method of sieve analysisSection 11
ratholeSection 13
ratio, compressionSection 3
risk phrasesSection 1
receiver; pan Section 11
recovery factorSection 3
reference materialSection 2
relative densitySection 12
relative humiditySection 1
relaxationSection 10
repeatability Section 11
representative sampleSection 3
reproducibility Section 11
resolution Section 11
retro-diffusionSection 10
Reynolds numberSection 1
rheology Section 1
rheopecticSection 1
rifflerSection 11
riffler, spinning Section 11
Rigden permeameterSection 11
ring shear testerSection 12
rish phrasesSection 1
rod-like Section 7
roller elutriatorSection 4
roll pressSection 4
Rose photosedimentometer Section 11
Rosin-Rammler distibutionSection 1
rugositySection 7
safe transportable moisture contentSection 12
safetySection 1
saltationSection 14
saltation flowSection 14
sample analysisSection 11
sample, grossSection 11
sample, laboratory.Section 11
sample, test Section 11
sample, test portionSection 11
sampling tableSection 3
sandSection 3
sand, fineSection 3
Sartorius sedimentation balanceSection 11
‘salt and pepper’Section 10
scale of segregationSection 13
scale of scrutinySection 1
scale of variationSection 1
scalpingSection 4
scannerSection 10
Schulze ring shear cellSection 12
screenSection 11
sedimentationSection 5
sedimentation analysis techniquesSection 6
sedimentation balance Section 11
sedimentation diameter, equivalentSection 6
sedimentation, centrifugalSection 11
Sedimentation, gravitational Section 11
segmentationSection 10
segregationSection 13
segregation testerSection 11
self clearingSection 13
sensorSection 11
settled bedSection 4
settling bedSection 4
settling velocitySection 5
shadingSection 10
shading correctorSection 10
shape coefficient, dynamicSection 7
shape, elongation factorSection 7
shape sphericity factor,Section 7
shearSection 12
shear failure Section 1
shear forceSection 12
shear mixingSection 13
shear strainSection 13
shear strengthSection 12
shear stressSection 12
self-clearingSection 13
settling velocitySection
shear cell, annularSection 12
shear cell, JenikeSection 12
shear cell, verticalSection 12
shear failureSection 12
shear mixingSection 13
Shimadzu sedimentation balanceSection 11
shrinkageSection 4
sieve mesh numberSection 11
sieve size of a particleSection 6
sieve mesh numberSection 11
sieves, nest ofSection 11
sieves, testSection 11
sieving aidsSection 11
sieving mediumSection 11
sieving, air jetSection 11
sieving, drySection 11
sieving, testSection 11
sieving, wetSection 11
sifterSection 11
sifting, (of segregation)Section 13
sigma-two reliefSection 13
siloSection 1
siltSection 3
sinteringSection 4
size distribution, particleSection 6
size fractionSection 6
size, mean particleSection 6
skeletonisingSection 10
slicingSection 10
sliding frictionSection 3
slip flow, (of permeability)Section 9
slip-stickSection 13
slip-stopSection 13
slip velocitySection 14
slurpingSection 13
smoothingSection 10
solidSection 1
solifluctionSection 13
solifluxionSection 13
sonicationSection 11
spatualtionSection 11
specific surface areaSection 9
spherical Section 7
sphericity factor Section 7
spheroidSection 7
SpillaneSection 11
spinning rifflerSection 11
spiral flow classifierSection 4
spot sampleSection 1
spring back factorSection 12
SSCTTSection 12
state (of bulk material)Section 1
static frictionSection 3
steady state flowSection 13
stereologySection 10
Stokes’ diameterSection 6
Stokes-Einstein equationSection 1
Stokes LawSection 1
strainSection 12
strain energySection 12
stressSection 1
stress ellipsoid Section 1
stress historySection 1
stress relaxationSection 1
structural archingSection 13
structurally impeded flowSection 13
structurally retarded flowSection 13
surchargeSection 13
surface adhesionSection 3
surface area, adsorptionSection 9
surface area, calculatedSection 9
surface area, permeabilitySection 9
surface area, specificSection 9
surface cohesionSection 3
surface frictionSection 3
surface reposeSection 13
surfactantSection 1
suspensionSection 1
tangent modulusSection 1
tabletSection 4
tapped densitySection 12
temperature Section 5
tensile strengthSection 12
tensile stressSection 1
tensile testSection 12
tensile strengthSection 12
tensile stressSection 12
tensile testSection 12
terminal gas velocitySection 14
terminal velocitySection 5
test portionSection 11
test sampleSection 11
test sieveSection 11
thinningSection 10
thixotropic suspension Section 1
thresholdSection 10
thresholdsettingSection 10
time consolidationSection 12
time yield locusSection 12
tortuositySection 3
trajectory Section 4
transitionSection 13
transitional stateSection 13
tri-axial testerSection 12
turbidimeter Section 11
turbiditySection 1
ullageSection 1
unconfined compression strengthSection 12
unconfined failureSection 1
unconfined failure testSection 12
unconfined flowSection 13
unconfined surfaceSection 13
under-consolidatedSection 1
uniaxial state of stressSection 1
uniaxial testSection 12
University of Bradford tensile testerSection 12
ultrasonic agitationSection 11
ultrasonic attenuationmeasurementsSection 11
ultrasonic bathSection 11
ultrasonic probeSection 11
unconfined failure testSection 12
unconfined flow Section 13
underflow, of sieving.Section 11
under-consolidatedSection 12
undersize controlSection 11
undersizeSection 6
uni-axial state of stressSection 1
uni-axial testSection 12
unconfined flowSection 13
unconfined surfaceSection13
unloading moduleSection 1
University of Bradford tensile tester Section 12
van Der Waals forcesSection 1
vapour pressure Section 9
velocity, free fallingSection 5
vertical shear testSection 12
vibrating screenSection 11
video signalSection 10
viscous dragSection 5
viscous flowSection 1
void Section 1
void pressureSection 1
voidageSection 12
void ratioSection 1
volume, absoluteSection 3
volume, apparent particleSection 6
volume, apparent powder Section 3
volume, distributionSection 6
volume, equivalent diameterSection 6
volume, powderSection 3
volumetric gas flowSection 14
Walker cellSection 12
wall cohesionSection 12
wall frictionSection 12
wall friction, dynamicSection 12
wall friction, staticSection 12
wall normal stressSection 12
wall shear stressSection 12
wall yield locusSection 12
warm pressingSection 4
warpSection 11
waves of dilationSection 13
weaveSection 11
weave, plainSection 11
weave, twilledSection 11
wedge wire screen;Section 11
weft; shootSection 11
wet scrubbersSection 4
wire diameterSection 11
wire screenSection 11
woven wire cloth.Section 11
yieldSection 1
yield locusSection 1
yield strengthSection 12
yield stressSection 12
yield surfaceSection 12
zeta potential; electrokinetic potentialSection 5 ■
Glossary of Terms in Powder & Bulk Technology
Glossary of Terms in Powder & Bulk Technology
Foreword
Bulk solids play a vital role in human society, permeating almost all industrial activities and dominating many. Bulk technology embraces many disciplines, yet does not fall within the domain of a specific professional activity such as mechanical or chemical engineering. It has emerged comparatively recently as a coherent subject with tools for quantifying flow related properties and the behaviour of solids in handling and process plant. The lack of recognition of the subject as an established format with monumental industrial implications has impeded education in the subject. Minuscule coverage is offered within most university syllabuses. This situation is reinforced by the acceptance of empirical maturity in some industries and the paucity of quality textbooks available to address its enormous scope and range of application. Industrial performance therefore suffers.
The British Materials Handling Board perceived the need for a Dictionary of Terms in Particle Technology as an introductory tool for non-specialists, newcomers and students in this subject. Co-incidentally, a draft of a Glossary of Terms in Particulate Solids was in compilation. This concept originated as a project of the Working Part for the Mechanics of Particulate Solids, in support of a web site initiative of the European Federation of Chemical Engineers. The Working Party decided to confine the glossary on the EFCE web site to terms relating to bulk storage, flow of loose solids and relevant powder testing. Lyn Bates, the UK industrial representative to the WPMPS leading this Glossary task force, decided to extend this work to cover broader aspects of particle and bulk technology and the BMHB arranged to publish this document as a contribution to the dissemination of information in this important field of industrial activity.
The value of the Glossary is seen as being particularly useful to newcomers to this broad subject. Explanations are provided for key terms in the various sections that merit a deeper appreciation than a strict basic definition. Suggestions are also included for preferred terms that eliminate ambiguity or misinterpretation. A universality of expressions for use in technical documents and publications is also an implicit aim. It is inevitable that within the wide range of terms included will be some that merit a more comprehensive or different description, and undoubtedly there are a formidable number of exclusions that would enhance the list. The publishers are not responsibility for any errors, omissions or statements made in this publication. The information is presented for information only and is not intended for action without independent substantiating investigation on the part of a potential user. The definitions are presented by the author as collated from wide sources and not necessarily endorsed by the British Materials Handling Board or its publishers.
The work is dedicated to C.K.Andrews, who lit the path of professionalism for the author.
Other books by Lyn Bates include: – ‘User guide to Segregation’, published by BMHB and ‘Guide to the Design, Selection and Application of Screw Feeders’ published by the I.Mech.E.
This Glossary was prepared by Lyn Bates for The British Materials Handling Board (BMHB ), which gave permission to reproduce this highly valuable material on The Powder/Bulk Portal.
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