Numerical simulation of the mixing process of the continuous mixer using the discrete element method

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10.2991/msmee-17.2017.73How to use a DOI?

Keywords

continuous mixer; DEM; rotation speed; effective mixing time;

Abstract

This paper used the discrete element method to simulate the continuous mixing process and defined the time that the particles participated in mixing in the mixer was defined as the effective mixing time. The effects of different structures and rotational speeds on the mixing efficiency were studied by using the effective mixing time and dispersion coefficients, the function of the rotation speed and effective mixing time be fitted at the same time. In this research also found the appropriate outlet and rotation speed to make the mixer has a high mixing efficiency which was used in this paper. The research results can provide basis and reference for structural design of continuous mixer.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Tao Wang
AU  - Qiang Xu
AU  - Kaijie Zhang
PY  - 2017/05
DA  - 2017/05
TI  - Numerical simulation of the mixing process of the continuous mixer using the discrete element method
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 2nd International Conference on Materials Science, Machinery and Energy Engineering (MSMEE 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 355
EP  - 363
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/msmee-17.2017.73
DO  - 10.2991/msmee-17.2017.73
ID  - Wang2017/05
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