Substantiation of regime parameters of vibrating conveyor infrared dryers

• Main Authors: Igor Palamarchuk, Mikhailo Mushtruk, Volodymyr Vasyliv, Marija Zheplinska
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: HACCP Consulting 2019-10-01
• Series: Potravinarstvo
• Subjects: vibration; wave conveyor; loose products; system unbalance; infrared drying
• Online Access: https://potravinarstvo.com/journal1/index.php/potravinarstvo/article/view/1184

The analysis of constructive-technological schemes of vibrating conveyor machines for heat-exchange processing of bulk technological masses in the current mode is carried out, which allowed to substantiate the effectiveness of using a new modification of infrared dryers of vibration-wave execution with a flexible transporting body. For this scheme, a vibrating system is developed which mathematical modelling allowed to determine and substantiate the main parameters of the operating mode of the drive mechanism of the projected device. The experiments, using the developed research model, confirm and refine the results of theoretical analysis, energy efficiency and comparatively low metal consumption of the design structure. The difficulty of working with such a large number of factors led to the application of the second similarity theorem and the introduction of a mathematical model of the criteria of Stanton, Froude, Burdo, whose magnitudes are reflected through the main factors of influence and were found experimentally. After using the "dimension theory" and graph-analytic analysis of power functions, a criterial equation of the investigated process was obtained. This allows recommending the regime parameters and the design series of projected thermo-radiation dryers with vibration-wave transport of products when varying the main factors of influence.