Modelling the Effect of Processing Parameters of Continuous Flow High Pressure Throttling System and Microfluidizer on Particle Size Distribution of Soymilk

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Litha Sivanandan ◽  
Romeo T. Toledo ◽  
Rakesh K. Singh

AbstractTexture, appearance, and emulsion stability of soymilk are affected by the size and distribution of suspended particles. To produce soymilk which contains all solids in the soy, whole dehulled beans were used in the study. A microfluidizer with throttling valve attachment was used to study the influence of various pressure levels on the particle size distribution of soymilk. Soymilk was processed with a continuous flow high pressure throttling (CFHPT) system to study the effects of different pressures and flow rates in the temperature rise and particle size distribution of soymilk. The results showed that there existed a significant effect of flow rate through the CFHPT on the particle size suspended in soymilk. Temperature rise was proportional to increase in pressure of the CFHPT system. Significant decrease in particle size of soymilk was obtained by increasing pressure for both CFHPT and microfluidizer. Empirical models were established between the pressure applied, volume fraction of particle size, and particle size diameter obtained for soymilk in each system.

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 342
Author(s):  
Holger Lieberwirth ◽  
Lisa Kühnel

Confined bed comminution in high-pressure grinding rollers (HPGRs) and vertical roller mills (VRMs) was previously used preferably for grinding comparably homogeneous materials such as coal or clinker. Meanwhile, it started to complement or even replace tumbling mills in ore beneficiation with ore and gangue particles of rather different breakage behaviors. The selectivity in the comminution of a mixture of particles with different strengths but similar particle size distribution (PSD) of the constituents in a particle bed was investigated earlier. The strength of a material is, however, also a function of particle size. Finer particles tend to be more competent than coarser ones of the same material. In industrial ore processing using confined bed comminution, this effect cannot be neglected but even be exploited to increase efficiency. This paper presents research results on this topic based on experimental investigations with model materials and with natural particles, which were stressed in a piston–die press. It appeared that the comminution result substantially depends on the material characteristics, the composition of the mixture and the PSD of the constituents. Conclusions will be drawn for the future applications of selective comminution in mineral processing.


2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 1391-1394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Zhou

A new Monte Carlo method termed Comb-like frame Monte Carlo is developed to simulate the soot dynamics. Detailed stochastic error analysis is provided. Comb-like frame Monte Carlo is coupled with the gas phase solver Chemkin II to simulate soot formation in a 1-D premixed burner stabilized flame. The simulated soot number density, volume fraction, and particle size distribution all agree well with the measurement available in literature. The origin of the bimodal distribution of particle size distribution is revealed with quantitative proof.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
Reeny Ravina Dias ◽  
Madhushree HS ◽  
Ganesh Puttur

Niruha Basti (therapeutic decoction enema) is one of the important Panchakarma procedures (five internal bio-cleansing procedures) which is the best treatment modality in the diseases caused due to not only Vata, but also when associated with other Doshas as well. The preparation of Niruha Basti comprises of step wise mixing of ingredients as described in the Ayurveda classics. In the present study, simple Erandamoola Niruha Basti was prepared by adding Madhu (honey), Saindhava (rock salt), Moorchita Tila Taila (medicated sesame oil), Shatapushpa Kalka (paste of Athenum sowa) and Erandamoola Kwatha (decoction of root of Ricinus communis) in classical method to assess the changes in particle size distribution in each step of preparation at specific intervals. The changes taken place during the Bhavana of the ingredients was observed under microscope. The Erandamoola Niruha Basti was prepared in classical method as well as contemporary methods like churner, mixer, etc., to assess the emulsion stability. Another Erandamoola Niruha Basti was also prepared replacing Madhu (honey) with egg yolk to check for emulsion stability and particle size & distribution.


2016 ◽  
Vol 848 ◽  
pp. 593-606 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiang Li Ning ◽  
Yun Li Feng ◽  
Jie Li

The Hall-Petch relation in a spheroidized steel with bimodal cementite particle size distribution has been investigated in this study, with an emphasis on considering the effect of the large particles at ferrite grain boundaries and triple junctions. A medium carbon steel was processed by variable thermomechanical procedures to achieve spheroidized structures with different combinations of microstructrual parameters, but all exhibiting a bimodal particle size distribution, in which large intergranular particles and small intragranular particles coexisted in the ferrite matrix. A quantitative relationship between the Hall-Petch parameter ky and the volume fraction of the intergranular cementite particles is presented, by considering a composite model. The contribution of the large intergranular particles to grain boundary strengthening wa substantiated by the increment of the ky parameter, since the average orientation factor of the composite, is increased. After correction of the ky parameters based on the constants from literatures, the predicted stresses show good agreement with the experimental stresses. A linear fit between the experimental stresses and the reciprocal square root of grain sizes is performed, the slope constant ky derived agrees to within 11 % of the corrected ky parameters based on the constants from literatures.


2010 ◽  
Vol 638-642 ◽  
pp. 3925-3930 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.G. Wang ◽  
X. Ding

The dynamics of phase coarsening at ultra-high volume fractions is studied based on two-dimensional phase-field simulations by numerically solving the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau and Cahn-Hilliard equations. The kinetics of phase coarsening at ultra-high volume fractions is discovered. The microstructural evolutions for different ultra-high volume fractions are shown. The scaled particle size distribution as functions of the dispersoid volume fraction is presented. The particle size distribution derived from our simulation at ultra-high volume fractions is close to Wagner's particle size distribution due to interface-controlled ripening rather than Hillert's grain size distribution in grain growth. The changes of shapes of particles are carefully studied with increase of volume fraction. It is found that more liquid-filled triple junctions are formed as a result of particle shape accommodation with increase of volume fraction at the regime of ultra-high volume fraction.


2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 1741-1785 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAIMUND BÜRGER ◽  
ANTONIO GARCIA ◽  
MATTHIAS KUNIK

Polydisperse suspensions with particles of a finite number N of size classes have been widely studied in laboratory experiments. However, in most real-world applications the particle sizes are distributed continuously. In this paper, a well-studied one-dimensional kinematic model for batch sedimentation of polydisperse suspensions of small equal-density spheres is extended to suspensions with a continuous particle size distribution. For this purpose, the phase density function Φ = Φ(t, x, ξ), where ξ ∈ [0, 1] is the normalized squared size of the particles, is introduced, whose integral with respect to ξ on an interval [ξ1, ξ2] is equivalent to the volume fraction at (t, x) occupied by particles of that size range. Combining the Masliyah–Lockett–Bassoon (MLB) model for the solid-fluid relative velocity for each solids species with the concept of phase density function yields a scalar, first-order equation for Φ, namely the equation of the generalized kinetic theory. Three numerical schemes for the solution of this equation are introduced, and a numerical example and an L1 error study show that one of these schemes introduces less numerical diffusion and less spurious oscillations near discontinuities than the others. Several numerical examples illustrate the simulated behavior of this kind of suspensions. Numerical results also illustrate the solution of an eigenvalue problem associated with the equation of the generalized kinetic theory.


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