Paper Title :Application of Discrete Element Simulation for Enhancement of Particle Mixing in V-Blenders

Author :Foad Farivar, Hu Zhang, Zhao Feng Tian

Article Citation :Foad Farivar ,Hu Zhang ,Zhao Feng Tian , (2018 ) " Application of Discrete Element Simulation for Enhancement of Particle Mixing in V-Blenders " , International Journal of Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJASEAT) , pp. 12-15, Volume-6, Issue-4, Spl. Iss-2

Abstract : V-blenders are one of the most common industrial tumbling blenders and the understanding of the particle mixing in V-blenders is limited. In this study discrete element method (DEM) is employed to simulate the mixing of both spherical and non-spherical particles in V-blenders. The simulation results are compared to experimental data in literature with a good qualitative agreement. A new configuration is proposed to address poor axial mixing in V-blenders. The simulation results show that the proposed configuration increases the axial mixing efficiency. Index Terms - DEM, Particle mixing, simulation, V-blender.

Type : Research paper

Published : Volume-6, Issue-4, Spl. Iss-2

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