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Particle screening phenomena in an oblique multi-level tumbling reservoir: a numerical study using discrete element simulation

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Author	Alkhaldi, Hashem Eberhard, Peter
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	Due to their wide usage in industrial and technological processes, granular materials have captured great interest in recent research. The related studies are often based on numerical simulations and it is challenging to investigate computational phenomena of granular systems. Particle screening is an essential technology of particle separation in many industrial fields. This paper presents a numerical model for studying the particle screening process using the discrete element method that considers the motion of each particle individually. Dynamical quantities like particle positions, velocities and orientations are tracked at each time step of the simulation. The particular problem of interest is the separation of round shape particles of different sizes using a rotating tumbling vertical cylinder while the particulate material is continuously fed into its interior. This rotating cylinder can be designed as a uniform or stepped multi level obliqued vertical vessel and is considered as a big reservoir for the mixture of particulate material. The finer particles usually fall through the sieve openings while the oversized particles are rebounded and ejected through outlets located around the machine body. Particle–particle and particle–boundary collisions will appear under the tumbling motion of the rotating structure. A penalty method, which employs spring-damper models, will be applied to calculate the normal and frictional forces. As a result of collisions, the particles will dissipate kinetic energy due to the normal and frictional contact losses. The particle distribution, sifting rate of the separated particles and the efficiency of the segregation process have been studied. It is recognized that the screening phenomenon is very sensitive to the machines geometrical parameters, i.e. plate inclinations, shaft eccentricities and aperture sizes in the sieving plates at different levels of the structure. The rotational speed of the machine and the feeding rate of the particles flow have also a great influence on the transportation and segregation rates of the particles. In an attempt to better understand the mechanism of the particle transport between the different layers of the sifting system, different computational studies for achieving optimal operation have been performed.
Starting Page	415
Ending Page	429
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	14345021
Journal	Granular Matter
Volume Number	9
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	14347636
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2007-05-30
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Discrete element method Particle simulation Sorting process Sorting machine Particle screening Engineering Thermodynamics, Transport Phenomena Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Structural Foundations, Hydraulic Engineering Engineering Fluid Dynamics Granular Media
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Physics and Astronomy Mechanics of Materials Materials Science

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