EJPAU 2010. Królczyk J. , Matuszek D. , Tukiendorf M. MODELLING OF QUALITY CHANGES IN A MULTICOMPONENT GRANULAR MIXTURE DURING MIXING

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2010
Volume 13
Issue 1

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Agricultural Engineering

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Królczyk J. , Matuszek D. , Tukiendorf M. 2010. MODELLING OF QUALITY CHANGES IN A MULTICOMPONENT GRANULAR MIXTURE DURING MIXING, EJPAU 13(1), #11.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume13/issue1/abs-11.html

MODELLING OF QUALITY CHANGES IN A MULTICOMPONENT GRANULAR MIXTURE DURING MIXING

Jolanta Królczyk, Dominika Matuszek, Marek Tukiendorf
Department of Agriculture and Forest Technology, Opole University of Technology, Poland

ABSTRACT

The paper presents results of modelling of quality changes in a muliticomponent non-homogenous granular mixture during mixing in an industrial worm mixer. The analysis was carried out for three granular mixtures: nine-component, ten-component and twelve-component. Modelling was performed with the use of nonlinear regression. Dependent variable was a residual sum of squares (mixture quality parameter), whereas independent variables were: number of components and mixing time. Two-dimensional dependence was constituted by square function formula. The aim of the study was to describe quality changes of muliticomponent, non-homogenous granular mixtures (nine, ten and twelve – component) during mixing in a vertical mixer with worm agitator, with the use of nonlinear regression model. Atypical aspect of the mixing process was a specific recirculation of the mixed components with the use of bucket conveyor during the process.

Key words: granular materials, granular mixture, muliticomponent granular mixture, residual sum of squares, nonlinear regression.

Jolanta Królczyk
Department of Agriculture and Forest Technology,
Opole University of Technology, Poland
5 Mikołajczyka Street, 45-271 Opole, Poland
Phone: (+48) 77 400 62 64
email: j.krolczyk@po.opole.pl

Dominika Matuszek
Department of Agriculture and Forest Technology,
Opole University of Technology, Poland
5 Mikołajczyka Street, 45-271 Opole, Poland
Phone: (+48) 77 400 62 64
email: d.matuszek@po.opole.pl

Marek Tukiendorf
Department of Agriculture and Forest Technology,
Opole University of Technology, Poland
5 Mikołajczyka Street, 45-271 Opole, Poland
Phone: (+48) 77 400 62 64
email: m.tukiendorf@po.opole.pl

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