Ajayi, O.O., and Sheehan, M.E. (2010) Image analysis of holdup patterns in flighted rotary dryer. In: Proceedings of Chemeca 2010. pp. 1-10. From: Chemeca 2010 40th Annual Australasian Chemical and Process Engineering Conference, 26-29 September 2010, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

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Abstract

An image analysis technique was developed to estimate the amount of material within the flights of a rotating drum and to determine optimum loading condition. The flight hold up experiment involved taking multiple photographs of the cross sectional area of the material within the dryer at different loading conditions. The image analysis involved developing and verifying a combined ImageJ and MATLAB process to estimate the cross-sectional area of material in the flights. The suitability of the developed methodology was ascertained. In addition, the design load was estimated using conventional design criterion based on the saturation of material at the first unloading flight and in the entire upper half of the drum.

Item ID:	16076
Item Type:	Conference Item (Research - E1)
ISBN:	978-085-825-9713
Keywords:	design load, image analysis, flights, experiments
Date Deposited:	31 May 2011 02:00
FoR Codes:	09 ENGINEERING > 0904 Chemical Engineering > 090406 Powder and Particle Technology @ 80% 09 ENGINEERING > 0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering > 091501 Computational Fluid Dynamics @ 20%
SEO Codes:	85 ENERGY > 8507 Energy Conservation and Efficiency > 850703 Industrial Energy Conservation and Efficiency @ 100%
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