Abstract
The purpose of the work was to substantiate the operational parameters of the belt-screw mixer of bulk feed on the basis of experimental studies of the process. As a result of experimental studies of the process of mixing loose feed with an experimental mixer, the following was established. With increasing time and rotation frequency, the homogeneity of the mixture increases and reaches a maximum of 97.8% at n = 48 min-1 and t = 3.2 min. after which there is a slight decrease. The nature of the process is close to the typical kinetics of mixing loose materials. The energy consumption for the process is non-linear in nature, while the optimum (the smallest value) is located at the point corresponding to the value of the rotation frequency of 40.5 min-1, and not at the minimum n. At minimum k, energy consumption for the process is 2.25 kW/cycle, and at maximum – 3.66 kW/cycle. The mixing time will be different for different contents of the smallest component and is within 2.9–3.56 min. Based on the obtained data, the rational parameters of the mixer under development were established.
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