Tobacco drying is an important part in the whole process of cigarette production, and its quality is directly related to the quality of cigarettes. CTD (Comas Tower Dryer) is a new type of airflow dryer, which is widely used in the tobacco industry because of its high drying efficiency. In actual production, the uneven outlet of the tobacco cutter leads to a stacking phenomenon, which affects the subsequent process of production. In this paper, the distribution of the internal flow field of the drying tower was studied from the aspects of the overlap degree of the orifice plate and deformation of the top structure at the top of the drying tower to explore the way to optimize the inner flow field to lead to the uneven distribution of the outlet. The results show that the structure whose contact position between the wall and the outlet extending outward can improve the uniformity of the outlet, while the overlap degree of the orifice plate had no effect on the uniformity of the outlet.
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