Effect of the rotor cage chassis on inner flow field of a turbo air classifier

摘要

As the connection between the center of rotor cage and the coarse powder collecting cone, rotor cage chassis of the turbo air classifier directly influences airflow movement in the classifier. In order to study the effect of rotor cage chassis on the inner flow field of a turbo air classifier, the flow fields of four rotor cage chassis structures with different opening size are simulated and compared using ANSYS-FLUENT 17.0. The simulation results show that there is "bypass flow" phenomenon for the classifier with the open rotor cage chassis, compared with the closed rotor cage chassis. The "bypass flow" phenomenon can change the airflow velocity distribution of the annular region. For the open rotor cage chassis, its opening size has no significant effect on the flow field distribution and the airflow velocity. However, the open or closed rotor cage chassis has great effect on the flow field distribution and the airflow velocity. The calcium carbonate classification comparative experiments are carried using the open and closed rotor cage chassis structures. The experiment results show that the open rotor cage chassis can decrease the cut size, and the closed rotor cage chassis can improve the classification accuracy.