CFD-DEM simulation of material motion in air-and-screen cleaning device

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 88, Issue , 2012, Pages 111-119

  Li, Hongchang ^a,b   Li, Yaoming ^b   Gao, Fang ^a   Zhao, Zhan ^b   Xu, Lizhang ^b  

^a Changzhou Institute of Mechatronic Technology   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air and screen cleaning device; CFD DEM simulation; Combine harvester; Material motion

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW VELOCITY; CFD-DEM SIMULATION; CLEANING DEVICES; COMBINE HARVESTERS; COMPUTATIONAL CELL; DISTRIBUTION REGULARITIES; GAS-SOLID FLOWS; GRAIN LOSS; LONGITUDINAL VELOCITY; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PROCESSING POWER;

AIR CLEANERS; CLEANING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HARVESTERS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VELOCITY; VIBRATING SCREENS;

AIR;

AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE; VIBRATION;

EID: 84865744500     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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