TY - GEN
T1 - An analysis of mixing in rotary drums by means of discrete element method and penetration model
AU - Saage, G.
AU - Kwapinska, M.
AU - Tsotsas, E.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - A two dimensional discrete element method, upgraded for the simulation of particle-particle and wall-particle heat transfer, is applied to the mixing of spherical particles in a horizontal drum. The results are presented in terms of mixing times and mixing numbers, that means numbers of revolutions necessary for uniform mixing, and are compared with penetration models. The limitations of such continuum models are pointed out, along with the potential of DEM to replace them, in the long term.
AB - A two dimensional discrete element method, upgraded for the simulation of particle-particle and wall-particle heat transfer, is applied to the mixing of spherical particles in a horizontal drum. The results are presented in terms of mixing times and mixing numbers, that means numbers of revolutions necessary for uniform mixing, and are compared with penetration models. The limitations of such continuum models are pointed out, along with the potential of DEM to replace them, in the long term.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84857566663
SN - 0415383471
SN - 9780415383479
T3 - Powders and Grains 2005 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media
SP - 837
EP - 840
BT - Powders Grains - Proc. Int. Conf. Micromechanics Granular Media
T2 - 5th International Conference on the Micromechanics of Granular Media: Powders and Grains 2005
Y2 - 18 July 2005 through 22 July 2005
ER -