Influence of the pulse wave in the stratification of high density particles in a JIG device

• Main Authors: Manuel A. Ospina-Alarcón, Arturo B. Barientos-Ríos, Moisés O. Bustamante-Rua
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano 2016-01-01
• Series: TecnoLógicas
• Subjects: Solid-liquid flow; gravity concentration; Euler-Lagrange model; SIMPLE algorithm; jig
• Online Access: http://itmojs.itm.edu.co/index.php/tecnologicas/article/view/862/797

A study of particle motion subjected to four different pulsation profiles on a pulsated fluidized bed jig concentrator was carried out. The profiles used in the simulation were – sinusoidal, triangle, sawtooth-backward and sawtooth-forward. Two-dimensional local velocities of the water flow field were calculated from the continuity and momentum equations by CFD techniques implementing SIMPLE algorithm. The particle motion is modeled by a forces balance applying the Newton’s second law of motion. Liquid-solid interactions forces are calculated by the mathematical Euler-Lagrangian model extended to a particle suspension having a wide size and density distribution. To analyze the particle motion in jig, we derived a trajectory equation for the response time of particle that include virtual mass, gravity, pressure gradient, drag and Basset forces. The study demonstrates significant differences in the particle trajectories for various pulsation profiles applied to the boundary condition at the inlet to the jig chamber.