等厚筛分方法及等厚筛分过程的离散元法模拟研究.docVIP

  Banana screening method and simulation of banana screening process using discrete element method# 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 ZHAO Lala, LIU Chusheng, DONG Hailin* (School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining Technology, Xuzhou 221116) Abstract: In this paper the fundamentals of banana screening method and the structural features of the banana screen were presented. Based on soft-dry ball contact model, banana screening process was simulated by using 3D discrete element method. The results show that the material bed on banana screen possesses a characteristic of thin and constant thickness along the screen plate. The particles velocity on the screen deck shows a decreasing distribution along the screen deck length and the decrease of velocity changes from steep at the feed end to flat at the discharge end. The instantaneous efficiency of banana screen can reach to above 0.95 and the efficiency of steady state is about 0.83. Numerical simulation results can provide references for insight understanding of the banana screening mechanism and optimization of banana screen. Key words: mineral processing engineering;banana screen; screening process; discrete element method; numerical simulation 0 Introduction Banana screen has been widely used in mineral processing and other industrial fields because of its high efficiency and large capacity in recent years. However, the researches of particles motion characteristics and penetrating mechanisms in the banana screening process are still lack [1-3] For deeply understanding the fundamentals of the banana screening process, the studies of the particles motion behavior on vibrating screen plate in particle sized should be carried out. But it is difficult to achieve with the current experimental techniques and physical equipments. Simulation studies based on DEM is currently widely used for the researches of granular particles, which has been an effective numerical methods used in many industria