Journal
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 41, Issue 8, Pages 1524-1530Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/ceat.201700607
Keywords
Discrete element method; Granular mixing; Pattern formation; Rotating drum mixer; Segregation
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- GACR from the Czech Science Foundation [P105/12/0664]
- Norway Grants [NF-CZ07-INS-5-235-2015]
- Internal Grant Agency of J. E. Purkinje University in Usti nad Labem [UJEP-SGS-162-07-04]
- specific university research MSMT [20-SVV/2017]
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The handling and processing of powders and granular materials can be crucial for the quality of a final product. Therefore, a detailed description and analysis of granular flow phenomena from first principles is very valuable. In the present study, simulations of granular mixing and segregation of binary-sized mixtures using a discrete element method were performed for horizontal rotating drum mixers. Numerical results were compared with experimental measurements and significant agreement between both approaches was found. The development of specific flow patterns was observed. The formation of these complex spatiotemporal patterns is influenced by the size of the mixer, the aspect ratio of length to diameter, the rotational speed of the drum, and the initial distribution of the particles.
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