Maximum water holding capacity of a mixture of sugarcane bagasse and wheat bran was determined in static conditions and in a drum rotated at 1 rpm. The variables filling degree, water flow rate, volume of added water and ...

The mixture and motion of fibrous particles of sugar cane bagasse were experimentally investigated in a rotating drum, a configuration frequently used for bioreactors in solid-state fermentation processes. The rotational ...

We report experimental results on the motion and levitation of a freely to-move heavy cylinder, of constant diameter and varying mass, inside a water-filled drum rotating around its horizontal axis. The resulting flow ...

We study the front shape of avalanches produced in a rotating two-dimensional drum partially filled with small glass beads. We focus our work on the study of the length and shape of granular fronts, in particular how they ...

The mixing and motion of particles were analyzed in a rotary drum as part of the development of a solid-state fermentation bioreactor for spore production from the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae. Rice was chosen as the ...

The use and the improvement of classical mathematical models for heat transfer in particulate systems can facilitate the industrial large-scale application of rotating drums as bioreactors for solid-state cultivation (SSC). ...

The fluidized-bed granulator (FDG) involves the use of a fluidized bed in a drum granulator, which is a horizontal cylinder fitted with internal flights. Despite its demonstrated success on an industrial scale, there are ...