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Title: Particle size effects in particle-particle triboelectric charging studied with an integrated fluidized bed and electrostatic separator system

Abstract

Fundamental studies of triboelectric charging of granular materials via particle-particle contact are challenging to control and interpret because of foreign material surfaces that are difficult to avoid during contacting and measurement. The measurement of particle charge itself can also induce charging, altering results. Here, we introduce a completely integrated fluidized bed and electrostatic separator system that charges particles solely by interparticle interactions and characterizes their charge on line. Particles are contacted in a free-surface fluidized bed (no reactor walls) with a well-controlled fountain-like flow to regulate particle-particle contact. The charged particles in the fountain are transferred by a pulsed jet of air to the top of a vertically-oriented electrostatic separator consisting of two electrodes at oppositely biased high voltage. The free-falling particles migrate towards the electrodes of opposite charge and are collected by an array of cups where their charge and size can be determined. We carried out experiments on a bidisperse size mixture of soda lime glass particles with systematically varying ratios of concentration. Results show that larger particles fall close to the negative electrode and smaller particles fall close to the positive electrode, consistent with theory and prior experiments that larger particles charge positively and smaller particles chargemore » negatively. The segregation of particles by charge for one of the size components is strongest when its collisions are mostly with particles of the other size component; thus, small particles segregate most strongly to the negative sample when their concentration in the mixture is small (and analogous results occur for the large particles). Furthermore, we find additional size segregation due to granular flow, whereby the fountain becomes enriched in larger particles as the smaller particles are preferentially expelled from the fountain.« less

Authors:
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  1. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7217 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22305896
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Review of Scientific Instruments
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 85; Journal Issue: 10; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; AIR; ANODES; CHARGED PARTICLES; COLLISIONS; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEGREGATION; SODIUM CARBONATES

Citation Formats

Bilici, Mihai A., Toth, Joseph R., Sankaran, R. Mohan, and Lacks, Daniel J. Particle size effects in particle-particle triboelectric charging studied with an integrated fluidized bed and electrostatic separator system. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4897182.
Bilici, Mihai A., Toth, Joseph R., Sankaran, R. Mohan, & Lacks, Daniel J. Particle size effects in particle-particle triboelectric charging studied with an integrated fluidized bed and electrostatic separator system. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4897182
Bilici, Mihai A., Toth, Joseph R., Sankaran, R. Mohan, and Lacks, Daniel J. 2014. "Particle size effects in particle-particle triboelectric charging studied with an integrated fluidized bed and electrostatic separator system". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4897182.
@article{osti_22305896,
title = {Particle size effects in particle-particle triboelectric charging studied with an integrated fluidized bed and electrostatic separator system},
author = {Bilici, Mihai A. and Toth, Joseph R. and Sankaran, R. Mohan and Lacks, Daniel J.},
abstractNote = {Fundamental studies of triboelectric charging of granular materials via particle-particle contact are challenging to control and interpret because of foreign material surfaces that are difficult to avoid during contacting and measurement. The measurement of particle charge itself can also induce charging, altering results. Here, we introduce a completely integrated fluidized bed and electrostatic separator system that charges particles solely by interparticle interactions and characterizes their charge on line. Particles are contacted in a free-surface fluidized bed (no reactor walls) with a well-controlled fountain-like flow to regulate particle-particle contact. The charged particles in the fountain are transferred by a pulsed jet of air to the top of a vertically-oriented electrostatic separator consisting of two electrodes at oppositely biased high voltage. The free-falling particles migrate towards the electrodes of opposite charge and are collected by an array of cups where their charge and size can be determined. We carried out experiments on a bidisperse size mixture of soda lime glass particles with systematically varying ratios of concentration. Results show that larger particles fall close to the negative electrode and smaller particles fall close to the positive electrode, consistent with theory and prior experiments that larger particles charge positively and smaller particles charge negatively. The segregation of particles by charge for one of the size components is strongest when its collisions are mostly with particles of the other size component; thus, small particles segregate most strongly to the negative sample when their concentration in the mixture is small (and analogous results occur for the large particles). Furthermore, we find additional size segregation due to granular flow, whereby the fountain becomes enriched in larger particles as the smaller particles are preferentially expelled from the fountain.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4897182},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22305896}, journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
issn = {0034-6748},
number = 10,
volume = 85,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}