Bulk Solids Handling: An Introduction To The Practice And Technology
by C.R. Woodcock /
2011 / English / PDF
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An understanding ofthe properties and the handling characteristics
of liquids and gases has long been regarded as an essential
requirement for most practising engineers. It is therefore not
surprising that, over the years, there has been a regular
appearance of books dealing with the fundamentals of fluid
mechanics, fluid flow, hydraulics and related topics. What is
surprising is that there has been no parallel development of the
related discipline of Bulk Solids Handling, despite its increasing
importance in modern industry across the world. It is only very
recently that a structured approach to the teaching, and learning,
of the subject has begun to evolve. A reason for the slow emergence
of Bulk Solids Handling as an accepted topic of study in academic
courses on mechanical, agricultural, chemical, mining and civil
engineering is perhaps that the practice is so often taken for
granted. Certainly the variety of materials being handled in bulk
is almost endless, ranging in size from fine dust to rocks, in
value from refuse to gold, and in temperature from deep-frozen peas
to near-molten metal.
An understanding ofthe properties and the handling characteristics
of liquids and gases has long been regarded as an essential
requirement for most practising engineers. It is therefore not
surprising that, over the years, there has been a regular
appearance of books dealing with the fundamentals of fluid
mechanics, fluid flow, hydraulics and related topics. What is
surprising is that there has been no parallel development of the
related discipline of Bulk Solids Handling, despite its increasing
importance in modern industry across the world. It is only very
recently that a structured approach to the teaching, and learning,
of the subject has begun to evolve. A reason for the slow emergence
of Bulk Solids Handling as an accepted topic of study in academic
courses on mechanical, agricultural, chemical, mining and civil
engineering is perhaps that the practice is so often taken for
granted. Certainly the variety of materials being handled in bulk
is almost endless, ranging in size from fine dust to rocks, in
value from refuse to gold, and in temperature from deep-frozen peas
to near-molten metal.
