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Title: | Discrete element modelling of screw conveyor-mixers | Authors: | Jovanović, Aca Pezo, Lato Stanojlović, Sanja Kosanić, Nenad Lević, Ljubinko |
Issue Date: | 1-Jan-2015 | Publisher: | Association of the Chemical Engineers of Serbia | Journal: | Hemijska Industrija | Abstract: | © 2015, Association of Chemists and Chemical Engineers of Serbia. All rights reserved. Screw conveyors are used extensively in food, plastics, mineral processing, agriculture and processing industries for elevating and/or transporting bulk materials over short to medium distances. Despite their apparent simplicity in design, the transportation action is very complex for design and constructors have tended to rely heavily on empirical performance data. Screw conveyor performance is affected by its operating conditions (such as: the rotational speed of the screw, the inclination of the screw conveyor and its volumetric fill level). In this paper, horizontal, several single-pitch screw conveyors with some geometry variations in screw blade were investigated for mixing action during transport, using Discrete Element Method (DEM). The influence of geometry modifications on the performance of screw conveyor was examined, different screw designs were compared, and the effects of geometrical variations on mixing performances during transport were explored. During the transport, the particle tumbles down from the top of the helix to the next free surface and that segment of the path was used for auxiliary mixing action. The particle path is dramatically increased with the addition of three complementary helices oriented in the same direction as screw blades (1458.2 mm compared to 397.6 mm in case of single flight screw conveyor). Transport route enlarges to 1764.4 mm, when installing helices oriented in the opposite direction from screw blades. By addition of straight line blade to single flight screw conveyor, the longest particle path is being reached: 2061.6 mm. | URI: | https://open.uns.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6523 | ISSN: | 0367598X | DOI: | 10.2298/HEMIND130412026J https://doi.org/10.2298/HEMIND130412026J |
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