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Dem Application to Mixing and Segregation Model in Industrial Blending System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Kenji Yamane
Kenji Yamane*
Affiliation:
Quality Control Department Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Tokusima 770–0194, Japan
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Abstract

To predict the motion of powders and grains is important in pharmaceutical industries. Many pharmaceutical engineers have studied granular flows related to powder mixing. In this study, DEM (Discrete Element Method) approach is presented as an industrial application to investigate the behavior of granular flows. The granular motion in a rotating cylinder was focused on the basic study of DEM for industrial application. Rotating cylinder is a fundamental system for commercial blenders widely used in many industrial process. In addition, segregation of particles in a rotating cylinder is very interesting phenomena. Not only industrial engineers but also physicists research this segregation mechanism. DEM simulation showed radial segregation of two different size particles in a rotating cylinder. From the viewpoint of calculated granular temperature, radial segregation system was analyzed. Particle migration in axial direction, which is the source for axial segregation, was also shown by DEM simulation.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 627: Symposium BB – The Granular State , 2000 , BB7.4
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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