Dependence of the wear rate on the microhardness of the coating of the auger hehydration in a garbage truck for municipal solid waste

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the study of the influence of the microhardness of the auger coating on its wear resistance during the dehydration of municipal solid waste in a garbage truck. The use of mathematical tools and appropriate regression analysis software allowed to determine the dependence between the auger wear rate and the microhardness of the coating. A graphical representation of the change in auger wear rate based on the microhardness of the coating was made up, confirming a significant convergence with the obtained dependence. The graphs illustrating the impact of the microhardness of the screw coating on its wear rate demonstrate the feasibility of increasing it. It was found that after operating and wearing out over a distance of s = 56850 m during the dehydrating of solid municipal waste in a garbage truck, increasing the microhardness of the coating from 2.7 GPa to 33.2 GPa leads to a decrease in energy consumption by 19 kWh/tons or 12% and reduces the cost of the dehydrating process. The feasibility of conducting additional research to determine further ways to increase the wear resistance of the auger was established.