Flow Behaviors of Non-spherical Granules in Rectangular Hopper

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Flow Behaviors of Non-spherical Granules in Rectangular Hopper

JIN Baosheng, TAO He, ZHONG Wenqi

School of Energy & Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China

Received:2010-05-25 Revised:2010-10-05 Online:2010-12-28 Published:2010-12-28
Supported by:
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50706007,50976025);the National Key Program of Basic Research in China (2010CB732206);the Foundation of Excellent Young Scholar of Southeast University (4003001039);the Collaboration Project of China and British (2010DFA61960)

Flow Behaviors of Non-spherical Granules in Rectangular Hopper

金保升, 陶贺, 钟文琪

School of Energy & Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China

通讯作者: ZHONG Wenq, E-mail: wqzhong@seu.edu.cn
基金资助:
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50706007,50976025);the National Key Program of Basic Research in China (2010CB732206);the Foundation of Excellent Young Scholar of Southeast University (4003001039);the Collaboration Project of China and British (2010DFA61960)

Abstract

Abstract: 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 distribution 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 becomes 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 discharge 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 concentration 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.

Key words: non-spherical particle, flow behavior, rectangular hopper, wedge angle

摘要： 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 distribution 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 becomes 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 discharge 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 concentration 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.

关键词: non-spherical particle, flow behavior, rectangular hopper, wedge angle

JIN Baosheng, TAO He, ZHONG Wenqi. Flow Behaviors of Non-spherical Granules in Rectangular Hopper[J]. , 2010, 18(6): 931-939.

金保升, 陶贺, 钟文琪. Flow Behaviors of Non-spherical Granules in Rectangular Hopper[J]. , 2010, 18(6): 931-939.

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