Theoretical and experimental determination of number of impacts required for caryopsis destruction

Abstract

The article presents theoretical and experimental studies to determine the number of impacts to destroy the caryopsis. To substantiate the number of shock impacts, the Rebinder’s equation for determining the work on grinding was taken as the basis for theoretical studies. The transformation and development of the Rebinder’s equation enabled to theoretically obtain expressions for determining the amount of work required for guaranteed destruction of the caryopsis when a single impact was applied. An equation for determining the work of a particle destruction during a multiple number of impacts was also obtained. Its transformation enabled to obtain a function and implement a theoretical nomogram. The performed theoretical analysis of the obtained nomogram enabled to consider the energy costs when determining the required number of impacts for guaranteed caryopsis destruction at certain voltages. To validate the theoretical studies, the experiments on breaking down whole grains of wheat and barley were carried out. To conduct the experiments, an experimental setup to perform a series of experiments was developed. As a result of experimental studies, the value of the limiting stresses, at which no grain destruction is observed with any number of impacts, was determined. The magnitude of the stress for a single impact for guaranteed destruction of the caryopsis was determined. The main result of the experiments is the determination of the number of impacts for the destruction of barley and wheat kernels with minimal energy consumption.