Empirical Study of Classification Process for Two-stage Turbo Air Classifier in Series

The suitable process parameters for a two-stage turbo air classifier are important for obtaining the ultrafine powder that has a narrow particle-size distribution, however little has been published internationally on the classification process for the two-stage turbo air classifier in series. The influence of the process parameters of a two-stage turbo air classifier in series on classification performance is empirically studied by using aluminum oxide powders as the experimental material. The experimental results show the following: 1) When the rotor cage rotary speed of the first-stage classifier is increased from 2 300 r/min to 2 500 r/min with a constant rotor cage rotary speed of the second-stage classifier, classification precision is increased from 0.64 to 0.67. However, in this case, the final ultrafine powder yield is decreased from 79% to 74%, which means the classification precision and the final ultrafine powder yield can be regulated through adjusting the rotor cage rotary speed of the first-stage classifier. 2) When the rotor cage rotary speed of the second-stage classifier is increased from 2 500 r/min to 3 100 r/min with a constant rotor cage rotary speed of the first-stage classifier, the cut size is decreased from 13.16 μm to 8.76 μm, which means the cut size of the ultrafine powder can be regulated through adjusting the rotor cage rotary speed of the second-stage classifier. 3) When the feeding speed is increased from 35 kg/h to 50 kg/h, the 'fish-hook' effect is strengthened, which makes the ultrafine powder yield decrease. 4) To weaken the 'fish-hook' effect, the equalization of the two-stage wind speeds or the combination of a high first-stage wind speed with a low second-stage wind speed should be selected. This empirical study provides a criterion of process parameter configurations for a two-stage or multi-stage classifier in series, which offers a theoretical basis for practical production.

Synthesis and Characterization of Fine Grained High Density La_2Mo_2O_9-based Oxide-ion Conductors

A cost-efFective technique, including nanocrystalline powder preparation using a modified Pechini method and a two-step low-temperature sintering route, was developed for the synthesis of high performance La2Mo2O9- based oxide-ion conductors. The optimum parameters of the compaction pressure, the first step and ＇the second step sintering temperatures for the synthesis of fine grained, high density and uniform La2Mo2O9- based oxide-ion conductors were determined by a series of sintering experiments. High density and uniform sintered La2Mo2O9 samples with average grain size from 0.8 to 5 μm and La1.96K0.04Mo2O8.96 sample with average grain size as small as 500 nm were synthesized by using this cost-efFective method. The impedance measurement results show that the as-fabricated La2Mo2O9-based ceramics possess much higher ionic conductivity than that obtained by solid state reaction method. It is found that in the range of 0.8-5μm the grain size of dense La2Mo2O9 samples prepared from the nanocrystalline powders has little influence on their conductivities.