Numerical simulation of industrial die filling using the discrete element method

被引：56
作者：
Tsunazawa, Yuki [1 ]
Shigeto, Yusuke [2 ]
Tokoro, Chiharu [3 ]
Sakai, Mikio [4 ]
机构：
[1] Waseda Univ, Sch Creat Sci & Engn, Dept Resources & Environm Engn, Tokyo 1698555, Japan
[2] Univ Tokyo, Sch Engn, Dept Syst Innovat, Tokyo 1138656, Japan
[3] Waseda Univ, Fac Sci & Engn, Dept Resources & Environm Engn, Tokyo 1698555, Japan
[4] Univ Tokyo, Sch Engn, Resilience Engn Res Ctr, Tokyo 1138656, Japan
来源：
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE | 2015年 / 138卷
基金：
日本学术振兴会;
关键词：
Discrete element method; Die filling; Powder flow; Filling process; Powder metallurgy; SOLID-LIQUID FLOW; FLUIDIZED-BED; DEM SIMULATION; CYLINDRICAL TANK; DEM/CFD ANALYSIS; MODEL; SIZE;
D O I：
10.1016/j.ces.2015.09.014
中图分类号：
TQ [化学工业];
学科分类号：
0817 ;
摘要：
Die filling is an important aspect of powder molding in chemical engineering. The discrete element method (DEM) has been applied to simulations of die filling systems in the literature. In these simulations, the die has been modeled by simple shapes such as cylinders and cuboids. However, industries require modeling of complex die shapes in the computations. In addition, the existing DEM is problematic from the viewpoint of industrial applications, since complexly shaped dies might not be modeled by existing technologies. To solve this problem, the signed distance function (SDF) model is applied to the DEM simulation (DEM/SDF) and the DEM/SDF approach is validated for arbitrarily shaped dies. Focusing on macroscopic powder flow, simulation results are compared with experimental results, and good agreement is confirmed for the spatial distribution of velocity, the projection areas of the shoe, and the final mass of filling particles. Therefore, the adequacy of the DEM/SDF model is newly demonstrated in the die filling system; i.e., the DEM/SDF method is shown to be an effective method for the numerical simulation of particle flow into arbitrarily shaped dies. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码：791 / 809
页数：19
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