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Pneumatic conveyor design

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In the two preceding chapters discussion has been restricted to general details of the arrangements of pneumatic conveying systems and their components. It is necessary now to give some more positive pointers to successful pneumatic conveyor design.

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Woodcock, C.R., Mason, J.S. (1987). Pneumatic conveyor design. In: Bulk Solids Handling. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2635-6_14

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