Screw conveyor performance: comparison of discrete element modelling with laboratory experiments
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Screw conveyor performance: comparison of discrete element modelling with laboratory experiments
zbMATH Open document ID: 1427.76012
DOI: 10.1504/PCFD.2010.035366
author: Philip J. Owen
author: Paul W. Cleary
published in: Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics
publication date: 2010-12-27T00:00:00Z
review text: Summary: Screw conveyors are very effective for transporting dry particulates, giving good control over the throughput. Despite their apparent simplicity, the transportation action is very complex and designers have tended to rely heavily on empirical performance data. In this paper, we use the DEM to examine how variations of particle properties influence the performance of the screw conveyor. The primary focus of our study is comparing predicted mass flow rates with experimentally measured values. The secondary focus is to study how other performance measures (such as: particle speeds and power consumption) vary due to changes in the properties of the particles.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76-06
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74S99
zbMATH DE Number: 5829545
zbMATH Keywords: screw conveyors
zbMATH Keywords: screw conveyor performance
zbMATH Keywords: DEM
zbMATH Keywords: discrete element method
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: pcfd.2010.035366
OpenAlex ID: W2089176661
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5829545