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International Journal of Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJASEAT)-IJASEAT
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Issue
Volume-6, Issue-4, Spl. Iss-2  ( Dec, 2018 )
Paper Title
Application of Discrete Element Simulation for Enhancement of Particle Mixing in V-Blenders
Author Name
Foad Farivar, Hu Zhang, Zhao Feng Tian
Affilition
School of Chemical Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering ,The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
Pages
12-15
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.
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