Optimum design of agitator geometry for a dry stirred media mill by the discrete element method

摘要

Three different agitator geometries for a dry stirred media mill with a horizontal drum were studied experimentally and by DEM (discrete element method) simulation. Two optimized models, model A with stirring arms oriented in the same direction and model B with inclined stirring arms, achieved more rapid grinding with the lower adhesion of particles to the mill than the conventional stirring arms. Model A achieved the finest grinding with sharpest particle distribution.