TY - JOUR
T1 - Scale up of heat transfer for dry granular material in a cylindrical bladed mixer
AU - Hartmanshenn, Clara
AU - Halota, Madeline
AU - Chaksmithanont, Prin
AU - Leung, Carlin
AU - Khinast, Johannes G.
AU - Papageorgiou, Charles D.
AU - Mitchell, Christopher
AU - Quon, Justin L.
AU - Glasser, Benjamin J.
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - Heated bladed mixers are widely used to process granular materials. Yet, despite their ubiquity, unanswered questions remain regarding how heat transfer occurs in this system, particularly when scaling up the process. In this work, the discrete element method was coupled with a heat transfer model to investigate how the amount of material and the mixer size influence the particle bed heating time. The findings show that the relationship between the fill level and the heating time depends on the heating area of the mixer relative to the amount of material, the bed compression, and the mixing rate. The results also indicate that the heating time is directly proportional to the mixer diameter. The proportionality constant has an order of magnitude of one and depends on the impeller rotation rate. Overall, this work enhances fundamental understanding of the elements at play during the scale up of granular processes in heated bladed mixers.
AB - Heated bladed mixers are widely used to process granular materials. Yet, despite their ubiquity, unanswered questions remain regarding how heat transfer occurs in this system, particularly when scaling up the process. In this work, the discrete element method was coupled with a heat transfer model to investigate how the amount of material and the mixer size influence the particle bed heating time. The findings show that the relationship between the fill level and the heating time depends on the heating area of the mixer relative to the amount of material, the bed compression, and the mixing rate. The results also indicate that the heating time is directly proportional to the mixer diameter. The proportionality constant has an order of magnitude of one and depends on the impeller rotation rate. Overall, this work enhances fundamental understanding of the elements at play during the scale up of granular processes in heated bladed mixers.
KW - Bladed mixer
KW - Heat transfer
KW - Scale up
KW - Discrete element method modeling
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85102306390&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.powtec.2021.02.074
DO - 10.1016/j.powtec.2021.02.074
M3 - Article
SN - 0032-5910
VL - 385
SP - 336
EP - 347
JO - Powder Technology
JF - Powder Technology
ER -