LAPSE:2021.0694
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LAPSE:2021.0694
Mixing of Particles in a Rotating Drum with Inclined Axis of Rotation
Parag Widhate, Haiping Zhu, Qinghua Zeng, Kejun Dong
July 29, 2021
Various experimental and numerical studies have been carried out to study the mixing processes inside rotating drums with a horizontal axis of rotation in the past, but little effort has been made to investigate the rotating drums with an inclined axis of rotation, though such inclined drums exist in industrial waste management, food processing, power and pharmaceutical industries. To fill this gap, in this work, the discrete element method was used to study the mixing phenomena of a rotating drum for different angles of inclination from 0° to 15°. It was found that for inclined rotating drums, the whole bed Lacey mixing index is higher than that for the horizontal drum by 7.2% when the angle of inclination is 10°. The mixing index is related to the area ratio of the active region to the whole bed and volumetric fill. Increase in volumetric fill would lead to the decrease of the mixing index. The mixing index and area ratio exhibit similar patterns along the length of the drum for different angles of inclination.
Keywords
discrete element method, Mixing, rotating drum
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Widhate P, Zhu H, Zeng Q, Dong K. Mixing of Particles in a Rotating Drum with Inclined Axis of Rotation. (2021). LAPSE:2021.0694
Author Affiliations
Widhate P: School of Engineering, Western Sydney University, Locked bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
Zhu H: School of Engineering, Western Sydney University, Locked bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
Zeng Q: School of Engineering, Western Sydney University, Locked bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia [ORCID]
Dong K: School of Engineering, Western Sydney University, Locked bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
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Processes
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8
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12
Article Number
E1688
Year
2020
Publication Date
2020-12-21
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2227-9717
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