Drive power of a discharge belt conveyor - comparison of calculation, simulation and measurement

Klaus Decker, Martin Egger, Alexander Haber, Christoph Pillichshammer

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Abstract

Usually there is a discharger under the hopper at the bottom of a silo (e.g. discharge belt, discharge screw). It must be able to bear the load of the bulk material and should achieve the intended interaction with the hopper for optimum draw-down. Immediately after filling the empty hopper, the vertical pressure in the outlet opening is usually higher than in the emptying state. For a discharger this situation represents the critical load. Subject of this paper is the determination of loads and drive powers of a belt discharger test stand. The results of recognized analytical models, simulation results and measurement results are compared. In particular, the influence of the outlet height on the drive power will be analysed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)272-278
Number of pages7
JournalFME Transactions
Volume44
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Keywords

  • DEM simulation
  • Discharge belt conveyor
  • Drive power calculation
  • Filling state
  • Measurement

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