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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
卷 86, 期 -, 页码 99-107出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.06.015
关键词
Discrete element method; Rotating drum; Wet particles; Transverse mixing; Circulation period; Particle flow
This paper presents a numerical study based on the discrete element method (DEM) to investigate the transverse mixing of wet particles in a rotating drum. The effects of the liquid surface tension, the drum rotation speed and the filling level on particle mixing were investigated. The results showed that particles had quick mixing in the transverse plane and the well mixed states were achieved within a few revolutions. The Lacey mixing index showed an exponential increase with mixing time. The presence of the capillary force in general reduced mixing performance. However, the mixing of dry particles was poorest at 64% filling level compared with other filling levels, and increasing cohesion at that level actually improved particle mixing. The analysis of particle movements indicated that particle mixing was dominated by the particle circulation period, which is the time required for a particle to complete one circulation in the drum, and its standard deviation. A model was proposed to estimate the circulation periods at different streamlines which were comparable with the simulation results, thus providing a general method to predict mixing performance in the transverse plane. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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