The behavior of the active layer of material bed within rotary kilns plays a key role in industrial applications.To obtain its influences on industrial process,different regimes of particle motion have been simulated ...The behavior of the active layer of material bed within rotary kilns plays a key role in industrial applications.To obtain its influences on industrial process,different regimes of particle motion have been simulated by discrete element method(DEM) in three dimensions under variant rotation speeds,filling degree,based on the background of induration process of iron ore pellets.The influences of the mentioned factors on the maximum thickness of the active layer and the average velocity of particles have been investigated.The average velocity of particles increases with Froude number following the power function over a wide range,and the maximum thickness rises with increasing rotation speed in a way of logarithm.The influence of the filling degree f on the maximum thickness exhibits a good linearity under two classic regimes,but the increasing of the average velocity of the active layer is limited at f=0.4.This basic research highlights the impact of the active layer within rotary kilns,and lays a good foundation for the further investigation in mixing and heat transfer within the particle bed inside rotary kilns.展开更多
In this paper, the spatially evolving of the higher Reynolds numbers gas-solid mixing layer under compressible conditions was investigated by a new direct numerical simulation technology. A high-resolution solver was ...In this paper, the spatially evolving of the higher Reynolds numbers gas-solid mixing layer under compressible conditions was investigated by a new direct numerical simulation technology. A high-resolution solver was performed for the gas-phase flow-field, particles with different Stokes numbers were traced by the Lagrangian approach based on one-way coupling. The processes of the vortex rolling up and pairing in the two-dimensional mixing layer were captured precisely. The large-scale structures developed from the initial inflow are characterized by the counter-rotating vortices. The mean velocity and the fluctuation intensities profiles agree well with the experimental data. Particles with smaller Stokes numbers accumulate at the vortex centers due to the smaller aerodynamic response time; particles with moderate Stokes numbers tend to orbit around individual streamwise vortices and in the periphery of paring vortices; particles with larger Stokes numbers disperse less evenly, showing a concentration distribution in the flow field.展开更多
Scattering characteristics of liquid droplets spun off from a rotating disk edge are experimentally investigated. In the present research, aluminum disks are utilized and ethanol is employed for liquid. Scattering phe...Scattering characteristics of liquid droplets spun off from a rotating disk edge are experimentally investigated. In the present research, aluminum disks are utilized and ethanol is employed for liquid. Scattering phenomena of the droplets are captured by the high-speed digital camera. Frequency distribution of the droplet diameter is evaluated from these images and distributions of horizontal flying velocity and angle of the droplets were measured by PTV. Liquid filaments are stretched outward from the stagnant liquid layer by centrifugal force and skew complicatedly by aerodynamic force. Some peaks appear in the distribution of the scattered droplet diameter and they are origi- nated from large terminal droplets and small droplets generated from filamentwise breakup. Most of the scattered droplets fly slightly inside in the tangential direction of the disk edge. The droplets spun off from the thin disk scatter widely compared with that from the thick one.展开更多
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文摘The behavior of the active layer of material bed within rotary kilns plays a key role in industrial applications.To obtain its influences on industrial process,different regimes of particle motion have been simulated by discrete element method(DEM) in three dimensions under variant rotation speeds,filling degree,based on the background of induration process of iron ore pellets.The influences of the mentioned factors on the maximum thickness of the active layer and the average velocity of particles have been investigated.The average velocity of particles increases with Froude number following the power function over a wide range,and the maximum thickness rises with increasing rotation speed in a way of logarithm.The influence of the filling degree f on the maximum thickness exhibits a good linearity under two classic regimes,but the increasing of the average velocity of the active layer is limited at f=0.4.This basic research highlights the impact of the active layer within rotary kilns,and lays a good foundation for the further investigation in mixing and heat transfer within the particle bed inside rotary kilns.
文摘In this paper, the spatially evolving of the higher Reynolds numbers gas-solid mixing layer under compressible conditions was investigated by a new direct numerical simulation technology. A high-resolution solver was performed for the gas-phase flow-field, particles with different Stokes numbers were traced by the Lagrangian approach based on one-way coupling. The processes of the vortex rolling up and pairing in the two-dimensional mixing layer were captured precisely. The large-scale structures developed from the initial inflow are characterized by the counter-rotating vortices. The mean velocity and the fluctuation intensities profiles agree well with the experimental data. Particles with smaller Stokes numbers accumulate at the vortex centers due to the smaller aerodynamic response time; particles with moderate Stokes numbers tend to orbit around individual streamwise vortices and in the periphery of paring vortices; particles with larger Stokes numbers disperse less evenly, showing a concentration distribution in the flow field.
文摘Scattering characteristics of liquid droplets spun off from a rotating disk edge are experimentally investigated. In the present research, aluminum disks are utilized and ethanol is employed for liquid. Scattering phenomena of the droplets are captured by the high-speed digital camera. Frequency distribution of the droplet diameter is evaluated from these images and distributions of horizontal flying velocity and angle of the droplets were measured by PTV. Liquid filaments are stretched outward from the stagnant liquid layer by centrifugal force and skew complicatedly by aerodynamic force. Some peaks appear in the distribution of the scattered droplet diameter and they are origi- nated from large terminal droplets and small droplets generated from filamentwise breakup. Most of the scattered droplets fly slightly inside in the tangential direction of the disk edge. The droplets spun off from the thin disk scatter widely compared with that from the thick one.
