Micro shape of coal particle and crushing energy

A large amount of energy is consumed in a coal and gas outburst since a mass of coal is pulverized and ejected, accompanying a great quantity of gas emitted, resulting in a major mining hazard in underground coal mining around the world. Understanding how potential energy stored in gassy coal seams dissipates in the process of outbursting may possibly be a key to clarify the mechanisms responsible for coal and gas outburst. The present study was aimed to evaluate energy for crushing coal to various size fractions in coal and gas outbursts through theoretical and experimental investigation into the shape of fine coal particles and their equivalent diameter. Theoretical analysis indicates that the shape of a particle has a significant impact both on its equivalent diameter and hence on its outer surface area.Microscopic observations demonstrate the particle fraction with diameters less than 0.075 mm, produced from crushing coal samples, mostly takes on a spherical or ellipsoidal shape, and experimental data also show this part of particles consists of 30%–50% surface area newly generated from crushing operation,though these fine coal accounts for only less than ten percentages by weight. Further, analysis of experimental data indicates that the total surface area of this particle size fraction varies exponentially with input crushing energy, and the specific area energy is not a constant but probably in association with physical properties and textures of material.

Dynamical load sharing behaviors of heavy load planetary gear system with multi-floating components

To investigate the dynamical load sharing behaviors of multi-floating components in the heavy load planetary gear system,a multi-floating planetary gear system that includes a floating central component and a quasi-floating planet flexible supporting pin is employed.Then a 21 degree of freedom lumped parameters dynamical model of this system is presented to study the dynamical load sharing behaviors.Some influencing factors,such as supporting stiffness,positions error of sun or carrier,and external input load are analyzed on the dynamical load sharing of the planetary gear system with multi-floating components.The results demonstrate that the load sharing condition of the system is best when both the sun gear and planet gears are multi-floating at the same time.When the planet gear position errors remain constant,reducing the flexible pin stiffness of planet gear or increasing external input load can effectively improve the load sharing.These conclusions are verified by the relevant experiments.