GAS FUEL-POWERED HOPPER

Based on the hopping principle, a miniature gas fuel-powered hopper is designed and manufactured. According to thermodynamic analysis, the pressure-displacement curve in the combustion chamber after ignition is obtained through iterative calculation, then the work on the cylinder done by high-pressure gas is calculated and the initial hopping velocity of the hopper is obtained. The wireless control system is developed to realize the tele-control of the hopper, including fuel injection and ignition. Experimental results agree well with analytical results. The hopper has a jumping ability of height 2.2 m and distance 3.5 m, and it is more than 14 times its dimension.

Particle size segregation in hopper at a bell-less top blast furnace with parallel hoppers

Owing to a certain angle existing between a belt conveyor and the parallel hoppers,and the hoppers localizing away from the centerlines of a blast furnace,particles size segregation is likely to happen in a bell-less top blast furnace with parallel hoppers.Mastering the law of particles size segregation in hoppers could help to choose better charging parameters and optimize production and technical indices.As for the previous works on burden segregation at a bell-less top blast furnace with parallel hoppers,more attention was paid to the falling point segregation and the circumferential mass flow segregation while charging from the tilting chute,but ignoring the particle size segregation in burden hoppers as burden falls from a belt conveyor,which is the right basis of analyzing the former,and plays a significant role in controlling the gas distribution in the blast furnace.The present work takes ternary mixtures of coke in three different particle sizes to simulate the size segregation of the coke charged into the hoppers by experiments.The effect of the main striking point on size segregation is also investigated.The research shows that there exists a good linear relation between segregation coefficient k and the dimensionless main striking point when using the equation C = C_0~k to express the degree of size segregation in hoppers.The linear relation is proposed for the first time and provides a new way to predict the size segregation in hoppers,which forms a theoretical basis and technical support for reducing the size segregation degree in hoppers.

Burden Distribution for Bell-Less Top With Two Parallel Hoppers

The circumferential burden distribution of bell-less top with two parallel hoppers was analyzed to obtain the expressions of burden flux and uneven ratio. The four-batch feeding spirally with two parallel hoppers was proposed to realize even burden distribution by uneven flux, ensuring reasonable distribution of BF gas and effective usage of heat energy and chemical energy of gas as well as stable BF production with higher quality and lower consumption.

Flow Behaviors of Non-spherical Granules in Rectangular Hopper

Flow behaviors of four kinds of granular particles(i.e. sphere,ellipsoid,hexahedron and binary mixture of sphere and hexahedron) in rectangular hoppers were experimentally studied. The effects of granular shape and hopper structure on flow pattern,discharge fraction,mean particle residence time and tracer concentration distribu-tion were tested based on the visual observation and particle tracer technique. The results show that particle shape affects significantly the flow pattern. The flow patterns of sphere,ellipsoid and binary mixture are all parabolic shape,and the flow pattern shows no significant difference with the change of wedge angle. The flowing zone be-comes more sharp-angled with the increasing outlet size. The flow pattern of hexahedron is featured with straight lines. The discharge rates are in increasing order from hexahedron,sphere,binary mixture to ellipsoid. The dis-charge rate also increases with the wedge angle and outlet size. The mean particle residence time becomes shorter when the outlet size increases. The difference of mean particle residence time between the maximum and minimum values decreases as the wedge angle increases. The residence time of hexahedron is the shortest. The tracer concen-tration distribution of hexahedron at any height is more uniform than that of binary mixture. The tracer concentra-tion of sphere in the middle is lower than that near the wall,and the contrary tendency is found for ellipsoid particles.

A numerical study of dynamics in thin hopper flow and granular jet

The dynamics of granular material discharging from a cuboid but thin hopper,including the hopper flow and granular jet,are investigated via discrete element method(DEM)simulations.The slot width is varied to study its influence on the flow.It is found the flow in the cuboid hopper has similarity with the flow in two-dimensional(2D)hopper.When the slot width is large,the flowrate is higher than the predicted value from Beverloo’s law and the velocity distribution is not Gaussian-like.For granular jet,there is a transition with varying slot width.For large slot width,there is a dense core in the jet and the variations of velocities and density are relatively small.Finally,the availability of continuum model is assessed and the results show that the performance with large slot width is better than that with small slot width.

Discharge flow of granular particles through an orifice on a horizontal hopper:Effect of the hopper angle

We experimentally investigate the effect of the hopper angle on the flow rate of grains discharged from a twodimensional horizontal hopper on a conveyor belt.The flow rate grows with the hopper angle,and finally reaches a plateau.The curve feature appears to be similar for different orifice widths and conveyor belt-driven velocities.On the basis of an empirical law of flow rate for a flat-bottom hopper,we propose a modified equation to describe the relation between the flow rate and hopper angle,which is in a good agreement with the experimental results.

Influence of an inserted bar on the flow regimes in the hopper

We investigated the influence of an inserted bar on the hopper flow experimentally.Three geometrical parameters,size of upper outlet D1,size of lower outlet D0,and the height of bar H,are variables here.With varying H we found three regimes:one transition from clogging to a surface flow and another transition from a surface flow to a dense flow.For the dense flow,the flow rate follows Beverloo’s law and there is a saturation of inclination of free surfaceθ.We plotted the velocity field and there is a uniform linear relation between the particle velocity and depth from the free surface.We also found that the required value of D_(1) to guarantee the connectivity of flow is little smaller than D_(0).For the transition from a surface flow to a dense flow,there is a jump of flow rate and the minimumθfor flowing is two degrees larger than the repose angle.

Dynamical Study of Granular Flow through a Two-Dimensional Hopper

The mass flow rate of a granular flow through an aperture under gravity is a long-standing challenge issue in physical science. We show that for steady flow field close to laminar flow, the dynamical equations together with the continue equation and Mohr-circle description of the stress are closed, and hence solvable. In a case of streamline guided by the two-dimensional hopper, we obtain a consistent condition and use it to determine the stress and the velocity distribution. Our result indicates that 3/2 power scaling behavior is recovered with a coefficient C(μ,α) being a function of frictional coefficient and the hopper angle. It is found that the predicted coefficient C(μ,α) is compatible with previous studies.

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON REDUCING ADHESION IN COAL HOPPER BY SURFACE ELECTRO-OSMOSIS

The adhesion mechanics of coal and the behavior of the coal adhesion to the hopper are analyzed. A model coal hopper is developed, and the model experiments are made by using the surface electro osmosis technology according to the processing conditions. The parameters of the surface electro osmosis technology are optimized by the method of orthogonal polynomial regression designing. The result shows that the surface electro osmosis technique is one of the good methods to solve the adhering problem of coal to the coal hopper in transfer piping.

Contact toxicities of imidacloprid on rice brown plant hopper(Nilaparvata lugens Stal)

Rice brown planthopper (BPH) (Nilaparvata lugens Stal, ) which occurs 4 generations within one year in Jiangsu Province has become a serious pest and causes loss of yield on rice every year in this region. The contact toxicities of imidacloprid and methamidophos to rice BPH were tested by means of immerse topical application method and a field trial from 1993 to 1994. A randomized complete design was laid out in 6 treatments with three replications.

The impacts of timing and insecticides at early stage of late rice on the population development of brown plant hopper(BPH)

Field experiments were carried out in northern Zhejiang Province. Three insecticides (methamidophos,Shachongshuang and triazophos) were used to control the rice leaffolder Cnaphalocrocis medinalis and rice striped stemborer Chilo suppressalis in rice fields during 18—27 days after transplantating. The impacts of timing and insecticides on the population development of brown planthopper Nilaparavata lugens was surveyed by direct counting on the plants or by tapping method.

Vibration induced flow in hoppers:DEM 2D polygon model

A two-dimensional discrete element model （DEM） simulation of cohesive polygonal particles has been developed to assess the benefit of point source vibration to induce flow in wedge-shaped hoppers. The particle-particle interaction model used is based on a multi-contact principle. The first part of the study investigated particle discharge under gravity without vibration to determine the critical orifice size （Bc） to just sustain flow as a function of particle shape. It is shown that polygonal-shaped particles need a larger orifice than circular particles. It is also shown that Bc decreases as the number of particle vertices increases. Addition of circular particles promotes flow of polygons in a linear manner. The second part of the study showed that vibration could enhance flow, effectively reducing Bc. The model demonstrated the importance of vibrator location （height）, consistent with previous continuum model results, and vibration amplitude in enhancing flow.

Flow behavior of non-spherical particle flowing in hopper

Ellipsoidal particles flowing in the hopper were simulated by using the discrete element method （DEM）, and described by the multi-element method. The contact detection algorithm and equations for ellipsoidal particle motion in hopper were developed. And the simulation results were confirmed by experiment. Additionally, the mass flow rate, pressure distribution and velocity distribu- tion of two kinds of particles were examined. The results show that the mass flow rate of ellipsoidal particles is smaller than that of spherical particles. There is a maximum value of pressure drop at the top of the junction. Besides, the pressure drop decreases with the discharging time increasing. The velocity of spherical particle is larger than that of ellipsoidal.

Sawdust discharge rate from aerated hoppers

This paper presents a numerical and experimental study of the discharge rate of sawdust from an aerated hopper as an important parameter in many industrial processes involving the handling of other granular materials. Numerical experiments are conducted by means of an Eulerian-Eulerian approach coupled with the kinetic theory of granular flow （KTGF）. Emphasis is given to the effects of particle size, hopper outlet width, hopper half angle, aeration height and air flow rate. The results show that the discharge rate is significantly affected by hopper outlet width, particle size and air flow rate, but is not sensitive to the hopper half angle and aeration height： increasing hopper outlet width or air flow rate increases discharge rate, while increasing particle size decreases discharge rate. Close agreement between numerical predictions and experimental results is obtained.

Effects of volumetric fraction and included angle of composite particles on the discharge of binary mixtures in hoppers

The discharge behavior of particles is important in many industrial applications,such as in the core of a pebble bed reactor,which uses a hopper bed filled with many large particles.In this work,a mixture composed of two particle types,freely discharged from a pebble bed,is simulated using the discreteelement method.One is a spherical pebble of diameter equal to that of the fuel pebble of the reactor.The other is a composite particle comprising three spherical pebbles bonded together.The included angleαof the three pebbles characterized the particle conformation,which may affect the discharge behavior of the mixture.The effects of volume fraction of the multi-sphere x(equivalent to the number fraction)on the discharge are also analyzed.Flow patterns,number flow rate,discharge velocity,and mean force of the mixture are computed to help in revealing discharge features.The results show that increasing eitherαor x reduces the discharge flow rate.Fittings and correlations give a quantitative evaluation of the independent effects ofαand x.The analysis of velocity and force explains the mechanism relevant to the main influencing factorsαand x.The results are helpful in gaining a better understanding of the discharge feature of binary mixtures and in providing a quantitative evaluation of the discharge behavior of the reactor core,especially adverse failure conditions.

Discrete element method modeling of corn-shaped particle flow in rectangular hopper

Discrete element method(DEM)was developed to simulate the corn-shaped particles flow in the hopper.The corn-shaped particle was described by four overlapping spheres.Contact force and gravity force were considered when establishing the model.In addition,flowing characteristic of particles in the hopper was studied.The effect of friction coefficient on the wall pressure,voidage and velocity distribution was analyzed.The results show that the discharge rate decreases with the friction coefficient increasing;and the"over-pressure"phenomenon occurs in the discharging process for two different friction coefficients.The voidage also increases as the friction coefficient increasing.And the velocity distribution is more uniformity and is closer to the mass flow with the friction coefficient deceasing.

Minimising the spread of residence-time distribution for flat and heaped powders in a wedge-shaped planar hopper

A wedge-shaped planar mass-flow hopper system was modelled using stress-field theory as found in the literature, The authors present governing equations for stress and velocity fields under a radial- flow assumption in a converging hopper. The velocity in the silo above the hopper is modelled as plug flow, Two set-ups are modelled, one where powder layers in the hopper are assumed to be flat, and the second in which the layers are heaped at some characteristic angle, The ejection times and residence-time distributions are calculated and presented for a range of heap angles. For realistic heap angles, the spread of the residence-time distribution decreases with increasing heap angle; in one case, the spread is halved to a well-defined limit. At this limit （the critical heap angle） the geometry of the hopper can be optimised to minimise the spread of the residence-time distribution, and hence to minimise predicted mixing in the system. We present examples of curves for a variety of parameters that minimise the predicted mixing in the hopper-silo system.

Edward Hopper的孤寂城市

作为美国最重量级的写实主义绘画大师,爱德华·霍珀(Edward Hopper,1882-1967)以描绘美国城市浮华掩饰下的寂寥景致著称,他运用冷现实主义的细腻手法,敏锐地抓住了平凡事物渗出的细微孤独感,揭示了现代生活的疏离和内心的无比空虚。冷清的剧院、空旷的街道、了无生气的办公室、静候在房前的女人……霍珀的作品,堪称20世纪上半叶美国现代社会真实而惆怅的缩影,相当触动人心。

蜻蜓旅行,中国版Hopper

尽管与携程、去哪儿等推出的'低价日历'一样,蜻蜓旅行采用了日历样式,但是蜻蜓旅行的日历并非显示当日购买'未来(即未起飞)航班'机票的实时价格,真正意图是帮助用户选择更合适的时段买票。机票的价格,就像季风地带的天气一样阴晴不定。倘若能够借助技术手段捕捉到票价变化的规律,是否就可以帮助旅客选择合适的订票时机并买到超低价的机票?

天鲲号绞吸挖泥船挖岩作业配套船舶技术研究

随着全球经济增长和疏浚业的扩大,大型绞吸挖泥船已成为这一领域的关键装备。文章专注于提升超大型绞吸挖泥船“天鲲号”的效能。通过分析该船在挖岩工程中的挑战,引入了“挖-运分离”的高效物流策略。为实现这一目标,建议开发一艘专门与天鲲号配套使用的开体式耙吸挖泥船。文章详细讨论了开体式耙吸挖泥船在主尺度和舱容、快速靠泊、泥舱结构和强度、疏浚系统和船舶布局等方面与天鲲号的匹配问题。提出了一个新颖的开体式耙吸挖泥船方案,能够完全满足配合天鲲号挖岩装驳和运输的需求,实现“挖-运分离”物流策略;能够开展后期扫浅挖泥作业,减少天鲲号的占用期,从而显著提升整体经济效益。