WP8: Characteristics of granular agro-materials and food powders for safe and efficient storage, handling and processing and on-line quality control
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Objectives:
- improve links with outstanding centres in European Union and Candidate Countries in the field of mechanics of particulate solids,
- establishing a training centre at IAPAS, ensuring access to the newest knowledge and data existing in EU laboratories,
- unification of terminology, measurements methods and test procedures in the field of mechanics of particulate solids,
- implementation of the European Standards for the testing of bulk solids to determine physical properties of agro- bulk materials and food powders.
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Deliverables and milestones for the package:
- increase networking through organizing three missions to EU countries,
- joint scientific publications,
- a workshop for post-graduate students and industry engineers in the field of granular mechanics,
- publication of training manual on methods of measurement and test procedures for evaluation of the strength properties of particulate solids.
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General activities:
- increasing understanding of physical properties of granular materials in order to design efficient handling and processing systems,
- unification of terminology and standardization of measuring methods for better understanding and comparison of results from different, cross-disciplinary laboratories.
- closer collaboration with outstanding centres in EU countries to assure compatibility in approach to mechanics of bulk solids over the partners network.
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Examples of activity realized within the WP8:
- Physical properties of granular materials and food powders important for storage, handling and processing.
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