ELECTRICAL POWER CONSUMPTION DURING MIXING OF SOLID PARTICLES

Abstract

Mixing of solid particles, which can be obtained from concrete constituent, were studied as the original point to deal with the problem of mixing concrete. Since mixing of solid particles has been considered as a fully mechanical operation, mixing will never occur unless input energy is applied. Therefore, the electrical power consumed by the mixer was selected as the parameter. This power consumption was experimentally obtained. By applying some assumptions for the state of mixture, the interaction between two different particles can be estimated from binary mixture. The method to predict the electrical power consumption for mixing of the mixture between coarsefine-powder is also proposed.