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DEM-CFD Simulation for Recovering Metal Particles with Aero-Electrostatic Separator

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Advanced Manufacturing and Automation XI (IWAMA 2021)

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Electro-static separator is most common used in the recycling industry. The particles feed into the Electro-static separator needed to be shredded small enough in order to improve the sorting effect. Not only dust pollution will be caused, but also the energy consumption is evident. The approach of air Electro-static separating help to overcome this problem. The parameters of this kind separator should be selected reasonably. In this paper, the discrete element method and finite element method are used to simulate the separating process. And then, the parameter of air flow should be optimized for certain charge-mass ratio of particle. This is help to determine the control parameters of equipment.

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This paper is supported by Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Process Equipment. No. GPE201706.

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  1. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Recycling and Reuse Technology for Mechanical and Electronic Products, Changshu, China

    Xiangnan Bao

  2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou, China

    Xiangnan Bao

  3. School of Mechanical Engineering, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu, China

    Zi-qiang Zhou

  4. School of Mechanical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, China

    Guo-hong Dai

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  1. School of Business, Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK

    Yi Wang

  2. Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Gjøvik, Norway

    Kristian Martinsen

  3. Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, China

    Tao Yu

  4. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

    Kesheng Wang

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Bao, X., Zhou, Zq., Dai, Gh. (2022). DEM-CFD Simulation for Recovering Metal Particles with Aero-Electrostatic Separator. In: Wang, Y., Martinsen, K., Yu, T., Wang, K. (eds) Advanced Manufacturing and Automation XI. IWAMA 2021. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 880. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0572-8_21

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