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Particulate Science and Technology, Vol.28, No.6, 566-580, 2010
Dry Comminution of Silicon Carbide Particles in a Fluidized Bed Opposed Jet Mill: Kinetics of Batch Grinding
This study investigated the batch grinding kinetics of silicon carbide (SiC) particles in a fluidized bed opposed jet mill by population balance modeling. The selection and breakage functions were obtained by the first Kapur function method. The breakage behaviors for various SiC particles obtained under different experimental conditions (such as inlet air pressure, feed load, and distance between nozzle outlet and jet meeting point) in the jet mill were discussed. In addition, a polynomial model was proposed to predict the relation between the Kapur function and the particle size in the jet mill. The product size distributions obtained under various operating conditions from the jet mill could be simulated by modeling.
Keywords:batch grinding;breakage mechanism;fluidized bed opposed jet mill;selection and breakage functions;silicon carbide