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Wood Powder Feeding Problems: Separating Moisture Effects From Particle Interlocking
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Wood Powder Feeding Problems: Separating Moisture Effects From Particle Interlocking

Bulk Solids Characterization, Cohesion, Energy Industry, Feature Article, Flowability, Hoppers, Milling, Moisture Sensitivity, Rotating Drum, Shear

Wood Powder Feeding Problems: Separating Moisture Effects From Particle Interlocking

Wood powder can bridge because fibrous particles mechanically [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2026-10-03T16:53:01+01:003 October 2026|Categories: Bulk Solids Characterization, Cohesion, Energy Industry, Feature Article, Flowability, Hoppers, Milling, Moisture Sensitivity, Rotating Drum, Shear|Tags: Biomass powder, bridging, combustible dust, dynamic vapor sorption, hopper discharge, hygroscopicity, Moisture Sensitivity, Particle interlocking, particle shape, powder flow, ratholing, Rotating drum testing, shear testing, Torrefaction, Wood powder, Wood powder feeding|0 Comments

Powder Caking Prevention: Causes, Testing Methods, and Proven Fixes
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Powder Caking Prevention: Causes, Testing Methods, and Proven Fixes

Caking, Feature Article, Flowability, Laboratory

Powder Caking Prevention: Causes, Testing Methods, and Proven Fixes

Powder caking can be predicted and, in most [...]

By Martijn Daalder|2025-11-01T14:27:29+00:001 November 2025|Categories: Caking, Feature Article, Flowability, Laboratory|Tags: bulk solids handling, Caking prevention, Delft Solids Solutions, DVS testing, flowability testing, hopper design, moisture control, powder caking, shear testing, storage conditions|0 Comments

Sugar, size and everything nice
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Sugar, size and everything nice

Caking, DSS_Featured, Food Industry, Granules, powders, Shear

Sugar, size and everything nice

Sugar flowability is closely tied to particle size [...]

By Martijn Daalder|2025-07-23T17:41:30+01:0031 January 2022|Categories: Caking, DSS_Featured, Food Industry, Granules, powders, Shear|Tags: agglomerative, caking, Delft Solids Solutions, flow function, flowability, hopper angle, particle size distribution, powder testing, shear testing, sugar|0 Comments

Unconfined powder flow testing
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Unconfined powder flow testing

Big Bags, Conveying, Dispersion, DSS, Mixing technology, Rotating Drum, Segregation, Shear

Unconfined powder flow testing

Understanding and accurately measuring confined and unconfined powder flow [...]

By Martijn Daalder|2025-07-16T13:41:14+01:0015 January 2022|Categories: Big Bags, Conveying, Dispersion, DSS, Mixing technology, Rotating Drum, Segregation, Shear|Tags: aerated bulk density, angle of difference, angle of fall, angle of repose, angle of spatula, big bags, compression tester, confined powder flow testing, Delft Solids Solutions, floodability, flowability, fluid bed installation, flushing, hoppers, Hosokawa, packed bulk density, powder bed, powder flow, powder rheometer, powder testing, shear testing, silos, storage, Uncunfined powder flow testing, uniformity|0 Comments