Simulation of aeromechanics of the grinding process in a centrifugal mill

Abstract

The article discusses aeromechanical processes in a centrifugal mill at different speeds of rotation in order to establish the regularities of the kinematics of the flow of a heterogeneous medium in the grinding chamber of the mill, its interaction with the working body and the classification of the crushed material when removed from the grinding chamber. The study of gas dynamics of processes in the flow path of a centrifugal mill has been carried out. The trajectories of streams, velocity and pressure fields were investigated. The influence of various factors on the efficiency of the classification and the maximum diameter of particles removed from the grinding chamber was revealed. The regularities of the movement of a heterogeneous medium, its interaction with the working body and the classification of the crushed material when removed from the grinding chamber were established, the gas dynamics of processes in the flow path of a centrifugal mill was studied. The main way to increase the speed of air flows is to increase the flow of transport air, which in turn affects the aerodynamics of the processes in the grinding chamber of the mill, productivity and grinding time of the material. Processes of gas dynamics in a compressed medium of the flow path of a centrifugal mill were described by a system of non-stationary Navier-Stokes equations of continuity, energy and equation of state in approximation of the turbulence model. Analysis of the results of mathematical modeling of processes in the working chamber showed that the air flow carries out a complex rotational movement in the transverse and longitudinal sections with the formation of local zones of increased turbulence. As a result of numerical modeling and analysis of the results, factors have been identified that make it possible to intensify the process of material grinding. The flows have a pronounced ballistic trajectory. They start their movement from the center of the bottom of the grinding chamber and move along the walls of the chamber while rotating in a spiral and moving down the wall of the hollow shaft. It is observed that the point of separation of the flows rotating in the lower part of the grinding chamber and the flows moving in the upper part is on 60% of the height of the chamber. Keywords: modeling, centrifugal mill, finite element method, Navier-Stokes equation.