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Particle Motion Simulation and Parameter Optimization Design in Drum Granulation

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Drum granulators are widely used in powder granulation industry, and particles’ sphericity is one of the important indexes of drum granulation quality. To improve the particle sphericity, it is necessary to study the influence of particle size and shape on particles’ motion of both attitude and trajectory in the drum. This paper presents a mixed method of the discrete element simulation, orthogonal design experiment and mathematical statistics to investigate the influencing factors of particle orientation. The study found that there is a certain effect of particle shape, size and the speed of the drum on the particle orientation. According to the range analysis, it can be concluded that the effect of the three factors on the particle orientation is in the order of particle shape > particle size > the speed of the drum. Optimum combination was observed to be particle shape, size, and the speed of the drum are homogeneous ellipsoidal particles, 3 mm and 40 rpm, respectively. The study will facilitate to optimize the granulation process parameters.

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Key Engineering Materials (Volume 693)

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May 2016

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Qi Lin, Lu Min Chen*

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Drum Granulation, Orthogonal Design Test, Particle Shape, Particle Size, Roller Speed

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