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Classification and Separation of Granules in Vortex Granulators

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The article presents a theoretical model by means of which processes of classification and separation that occur in suspended-layer vortex granulators with variable-height cross-sectional area may be described. Dependences that enable us to establish the distribution law of the granules in the work space of a suspended-layer vortex granulator of given configuration are obtained. The results of calculations are confirmed by experimental investigations performed on a prototype of a suspended-layer vortex granulator. The optimum design of the work space of a suspended-layer vortex granulator as a function of the required fractional composition of the granulated product may be determined on the basis of results of theoretical and experimental investigations.

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  1. Sumy State University, Sumy, Ukraine

    A. E. Artyukhov, A. S. Fursa & K. V. Moskalenko

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Translated from Khimicheskoe i Neftegazovoe Mashinostroenie, No. 5, pp. 15–18, May, 2015.

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Artyukhov, A.E., Fursa, A.S. & Moskalenko, K.V. Classification and Separation of Granules in Vortex Granulators. Chem Petrol Eng 51, 311–318 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10556-015-0044-x

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