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Pneumatic conveying involves the transportation of a wide variety of dry powdered and granular solids in a gas stream. In most cases the gas is normally air. However, where special conditions prevail (e.g. risk of explosion, health, fire hazards, etc.), different gases are used.
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Klinzing, G.E., Marcus, R.D., Rizk, F., Leung, L.S. (1997). An overview of pneumatic conveying systems and performance. In: Pneumatic Conveying of Solids. Powder Technology Series, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8981-9_1
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