Comparison of Image-Based Measuring Methods for Analysis of Particle Mixing in Rotary Drum

Liu, X. Y.; He, Lei

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-34531-9_88

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“…The method was not compared with other experimental methods. Karali et al (2016), Liu et al (2013), Liu et al (2015), and Santos et al (2016) applied image analysis for transverse mixing analysis unlike axial mixing analysis in this study.…”

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A Novel Machine Vision Based Image Analysis Method for the Analysis of Mixing Elements in Rotary Drums

Koiranen

Melanen

Ilonen

et al. 2017

Chemical Engineering Communications

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Mixing performance in continuous rotary drums has been studied. The video analysis method was developed to evaluate different configurations of straight lifters in the rotary drum. The method converts a captured video into a single image, called stack image. The color marker tracking was estimated based on the color saturation of the stack image. Coefficients of variation and mixing indices were calculated from the color saturation profiles for different straight blade lifter configurations. The video analysis method was confronted to the impulse response of acid concentrations in water solutions. The developed analysis method has been superior with viscous fluids compared to traditional tracer impulse method in mixing evaluations. Water and 1% CMC-water solution were used in this mixing study for covering broadly different viscous materials. The drum lengthwise results for one lifter configuration were obtained from a single experiment due to the block representation of the image analysis method. It enables mixing analysis of axial segments and interaction analysis of mixer configurations. Thus, the axial mixing can be studied in more detail with rotary drums. The increase of lifters, residence time, and tip speed improved axial mixing in the studied experimental setup.

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