绝缘颗粒系统中颗粒摩擦电荷分布.docVIP

  Triboelectric charge distribution in insulative granular systems# 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 CAI Xiaobing* (School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081) Abstract: Triboelectrification of insulative granular system is a common phenomenon yet still not fully understood. Recent industrial and environmental processing technologies demand more comprehensive knowledge on tribo-charge within the flowing granular systems. Based on high-energy state electron hypothesis, here we develop an analytical model to predict the triboelectric charge distribution among particle systems. Particle size dependence of the tribo-charge is revealed, and influence of size range on the tribo-charge probability is evaluated. While the net tribo-charge of an individual particle is unpredictable, an interesting upper bound for the tribo-charge is found. Particle dynamic simulation is also carried out to study the charge transferring within the particle colliding process, which verifies the analytical prediction result. Key words: Granular system, Tribo-charge; particle flow; particle dynamic simulation. 0 Introduction Electrostatic charging of particles is usually observed during the flows of granular materials. Dust devils[1,2], sand storms[3] and ashes from the volcanoes[4] are commonly found existence of large electric field due to the tribo-charging of the particles. In addition to these natural phenomenon, triboelectrification also takes place in industry process that relevant to particle or powder processing, including bed fluidization[5], pharmaceutical dispersal of powders[6-7] and dust removal[8-11]. To increase the performance of the particle processing devices, people have to know more thoroughly about the triboelectrification effect of granular systems, since the particle charge affects significantly on the particle flows[12]. Recently, ever increasing studies have been devoted to establish the relation between particle sizes and the charge on