- Yaroslavl State Technical University, Yaroslavl, Russia
The additional operation of deaeration (compaction) of powders affects the quality of many products of chemical industries, the conditions for their delivery. Otherwise, energy consumption increases significantly. The aim of this work is the modeling of the deaeration of solid finely dispersed media in a gap with perforated hemispherical shapes on the surfaces of the shaft and conveyor belt within the framework of the mechanics of heterogeneous systems. A plane-deformation model is described, neglecting the forces of interphase interaction and taking into account the compressibility of a solid-particle-gas mixture without elastoplastic deformations. The model assumes consideration of the movement of (1) the components of the solid skeleton together with the carrying phase as a whole; (2) gas in an isothermal state through the pores of a finely dispersed material. This work is devoted to the study of part (a), i.e., behavior of the solid particle-gas system as a whole. The efficiency of the seal-deaerator is estimated using the obtained analytical dependencies for the main strength and speed indicators. The change in the degree of compaction of a spherical granule made of kaolin with given strength characteristics is investigated. It is shown that for the initial time interval up to 3.7⨯10−2 s, the growth of the porosity value relative to the horizontal coordinate along the conveyor belt is exponential and increases by a factor of 1.1. After eight such time intervals, the porosity values stabilize along the indicated coordinate with an increase of more than 1.4 times from the initial value.
Introduction
Preliminary deaeration (compaction) of powder components (Akiyama et al., 1986; Kapranova and Zaitzev, 2011; Francis, 2016), including soot and kaolin, affects the strength characteristics of the finished product, for example, car tires, and other polymer products. Transportation of sealed containers with a powder product with a high content of gas in its pores, in particular, for construction or food purposes, violates the principles of energy saving and energy efficiency. In contrast to the pressing of powders (Pizette et al., 2010; Bayle et al., 2016; Seong et al., 2020) or larger particles (Gai et al., 2005), deaeration refers to its initial stage, when there is no destruction of particles of the compacting medium. If it is necessary to obtain a special structure of a dispersed medium with given strength characteristics, it is advisable to use a mechanical deaeration method (Akiyama et al., 1986; Kapranova and Zaitzev, 2011) in particular, when obtaining granules from bitumen and mineral powder (Zaitsev et al., 2010), dry dye mixtures.
The design of roller devices for the deaeration of dispersed media is associated with the formation of theoretical foundations (Kapranova et al., 2000; Kapranova, 2010; Kapranova et al., 2015) for the engineering calculation of the parameters of these devices (Kapranova et al., 2001; Kapranova et al., 2006a; Kapranova et al., 2006b). For example, this is relevant in the manufacture of granules (Zaitsev et al., 2010) from bitumen (Santos et al., 2014; Fingas and Fieldhouse, 2009) and mineral powder (Renner et al., 2007). For these purposes, as a rule, the mechanics of heterogeneous systems are used (Nigmatulin, 1978; Generalov, 2002). The analytical results (Kapranova et al., 2000; Kapranova, 2010; Kapranova et al., 2015) when describing the behavior of the system solid particles-gas have some advantages over numerical solutions, (Pizette et al., 2010; Bayle et al., 2016; Seong et al., 2020) for example, when choosing rational ranges for changing the main parameters of the compaction process or when evaluating their optimal values (Kapranova et al., 2001; Kapranova et al., 2006a; Kapranova et al., 2006b). The importance of understanding the mechanism of the behavior of compacted materials is obvious for any type of modeling methods: analytical (Kapranova and Zaitzev, 2011; Kapranova et al., 2015; Udalov et al., 2019) or numerical (Khoei, 2005; Pizette et al., 2010; Bayle et al., 2016; Seong et al., 2020).
There are two sufficiently developed classical approaches to the formation of the initial model for calculating the main indicators of the powder compaction process. In the first method (roller rolling of metal powders) (Generalov, 2002; Wang et al., 2015), the conditions of air outflow from volumes are experimentally investigated depending on the shape of the constituent particles during their granulometric analysis (Vinogradov et al., 1969; Pimenov et al., 2015). In this case, scaling methods are used (Pimenov et al., 2015) within the framework of the Pi-Buckingham theorem (Buckingham, 1915; Annenkov et al., 2005); equilibrium equations (Generalov, 2002; Misic et al., 2010) and the limit state in the linearized representation (Tselikov et al., 1980; Generalov et al., 1984); indicators of changes in the volume of the specified workpiece (Generalov and Chainikov, 1972; Tselikov et al., 1980; Hu et al., 2021). The second method of description (Torner, 1977) does not make it possible to consider the compressibility of the system solid particles - gas when air is removed from the pores.
Two factors here are two factors that determine the modeling approach to modeling based on (Nigmatulin, 1978): (1) a significant content of the carrier phase in the composition of the specified system of solid particles—gas; (2) the maximum possible value of the degree of compaction of the material. This method makes it possible to carry out analytical calculations for the main indicators of the process under study, depending on the coordinates, time, design, and operating parameters, in particular, for the porosity of the mixture of solid particles-gas and the components of the velocity of the phases.
Theory
Hemispherical shaft and belt surfaces are used to obtain deaerated portions of powder (Figure 1) with radius
FIGURE 1. Conditional scheme for the movement of the compacted finely dispersed medium in the gap of the shaft-conveyor belt: 1—deaerated granule-sphere; 2—solid finely dispersed material; 3—shaft; 4—conveyor belt; 5—hemispherical shapes (cells).
Let the total number of flat cells on the rim of the shaft section be
Here it is indicated:
Let for a dispersed system solid particles-gas in further designations the subscript “2” corresponds to the dispersed phase (solid skeleton), the subscript “1”-to the carrier phase. The classical conditions for the proportionality of the reduced
This work is devoted to the study of part (1), i.e., motion at a speed
The following assumptions are made:
where
where
In addition, for shear stresses, the vertical component of the velocity of the solid skeleton along the
where coefficient
The system of Equations 4–6 in Cartesian coordinates is supplemented by the equations of motion of the medium with the true density of the solid phase
and the following equation of continuity of the solid
System (8)–(10) allows you to obtain analytical approximations for the main indicators of the process. The applied solution methods include a combination of the method of model equations and the method of substitution of constants instead of variable parameters (Kapranova et al., 2010; Kapranova et al., 2011; Kapranova et al., 2009).
By Equations 8–10, taking into account the slow nature of powder deaeration, we have
Here are the first approximations for tangential stresses
The auxiliary functions included in Expressions (11)–(14) are
In this case, the constants
Thus, expressions (11)–(14) can be used to form engineering methods for calculating the swath device (Kapranova et al., 2010; Kapranova et al., 2011; Kapranova et al., 2009).
Results and Discussion
The calculation of the basic characteristics of the process of mechanical compaction of a dispersed medium
FIGURE 2. Dependencies for the main indicators of the deaeration process of kaolin GOST 21235-75 in a spherical matrix of a roll-type apparatus on Cartesian coordinates and time during:
The surfaces shown in Figure 2 correspond to a fixed point in time
According to the results obtained for the porosity function from Equation (11) (Figure 2A), the process of deaeration of the powder in the specified gap begins from the area surrounding the point
Analysis of surfaces for
Key Findings and Results
• The plane-deformation modeling of the movement of the solid skeleton of the dispersed medium together with the carrier phase as a whole in the working volume of the specified roller apparatus is carried out, as part (1) for the complete deaeration model (Kapranova and Zaitzev, 2011). The description of the movement of gas in an isothermal state through the pores of a finely dispersed material, as part (2) of this model, is discussed in the works of the authors (Kapranova et al., 2010; Kapranova et al., 2011; Kapranova et al., 2009).
• The theoretical substantiation of the possibility of realizing deaeration of dispersed media in a roller device with a spherical matrix on the surfaces of the shaft and conveyor is obtained based on the results of the performed simulation.
• The proposed plane-deformation model contributes to the development of methods for modeling the behavior of dispersed media in the working volumes of seals-deaerators, identifying the main information variables of the deaeration process, for example, according to the approaches, tested for the processing of solid dispersed materials (Kapranova et al., 2020a; Kapranova et al., 2020b) or when transporting liquid media (Kapranova et al., 2020c; Kapranova et al., 2020d).
Conclusion
An analytical method is proposed for assessing the efficiency of the deaeration process of solid dispersed components in a gap with perforated hemispherical shapes on the surfaces of the shaft and conveyor belt within the framework of the mechanics of heterogeneous systems taking into account the compressibility. It is noted that the porosity of the finished granule-sphere at the final stage of deaeration in the described gap of the conveyor shaft with a spherical matrix almost uniformly reaches its limiting value. In this case, the difference between the maximum and minimum porosity values does not exceed
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Keywords: model, deaeration (densification), finely dispersed medium, roller, porosity
Citation: Kapranova A, Tarshis M, Badaeva N and Sheronina I (2021) Mathematical Model of the Deaeration of Finely Dispersed Solid Media in a Spherical Matrix of a Roller-Type Apparatus. Front. Energy Res. 9:769940. doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2021.769940
Received: 02 September 2021; Accepted: 27 October 2021;
Published: 24 November 2021.
Edited by:
Zheng Li, Vanderbilt University, United StatesReviewed by:
Xiaoyu Zhang, Vanderbilt University, United StatesBo Jiang, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
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