Numerical analysis of the rice transport uniformity in vertical friction rice mill based on discrete element method

A Li, F Jia, Y Wang, Y Han, P Chen, J Zhang… - … and Electronics in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rice milling is a crucial step to determine the final rice quality in rice processing. The
uniformity of rice transportation in milling chamber is the key factor affecting the milling …

Predicting the effect of operating and design variables in grinding in a vertical stirred mill using a mechanistic mill model

ALR de Oliveira, RM de Carvalho, LM Tavares - Powder Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
The work uses the UFRJ mechanistic mill model and DEM to analyze the effect of several
design and operating variables on the apparent breakage rates and breakage distribution …

Relation between scale-up and life cycle assessment for wet grinding process of pumice

V Mannheim, W Kruszelnicka - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study examines the grinding process of pumice based on the dry and wet laboratory
measurements, scale-up method, and life cycle assessment. This research's main goal was …

DEM study on effects of particle size and grinding media properties on energy transitions in a horizontal agitator

L Hu, H Zhu, J Hua - Advanced Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal-mechanical cuttings cleaner, utilizing the energy dissipation of dense particle flow
in the mill, is a type of low-temperature method for drying drill cuttings. In this paper, the …

Experiment of hydrocyclone under different inlet velocity and its wear analysis of wall and particle

Z Gao, Z Liu, S Wang, C Li, X Qi, H Ling - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Although hydrocyclone has been extensively used in various separation processes, there is
a lack of systematic analysis on the wear mechanism. Herein, we did the flow experiment …

Analysis and Optimization of the Milling Performance of an Industry-Scale VSM via Numerical Simulations

C Tong, Z Chen, C Liu, Q Xie - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Vertical stirred mills (VSM) are widely used for powder processing in many situations like
mechanical alloying preparation and raw material crushing and shaping. Many structural …

Polygonal concave wear and irregular packing behavior of grinding balls for vertical grinding mill

Z Zhao, R Song, P Yan, S Ren, Y Wang - Minerals Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Grinding balls are an indispensable grinding medium in vertical grinding mills, grinding ore
powder to target size. Some were severely worn and unrounded by iron ore from Anshan …

Development of vertical stirred mill grinding disc and chamber design: effect on grinding efficiency and media behaviour and laboratory to plant size scale-up study

V Keikkala - 2022 - oulurepo.oulu.fi
In mineral processing, comminution takes place after blasting and crushing. Particle size
reduction is usually performed using horizontal tumbling mills, which are typically power …