Stirred Mill (Power, Heath)

Description

This article describes the Heath et al. (2017) method for estimating the power draw of a castellated rotor High Intensity Grinding stirred mill (HIGmill).

Model theory

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Additional notes

Excel

The Heath HIG stirred mill power model may be invoked from the Excel formula bar with the following function call:

=mdMillPower_Heath(Parameters as Range)

Invoking the function with no arguments will print Help text associated with the model, including a link to this page.

The Parameters array and model results are defined below in matrix notation, along with an example image showing the selection of the same arrays in the Excel interface:

[math]\displaystyle{ Parameters= \begin{bmatrix} d_{\rm ID}\text{ (m)}\\ d_{\rm r}\text{ (m)}\\ d_{\rm s}\text{ (m)}\\ h_{\rm b}\text{ (m)}\\ n_{\rm d}\\ d_{\rm b}\text{ (m)}\\ \phi_{\rm m}\text{ (v/v)}\\ \rho_{\rm b}\text{ (kg/m}^3\text{)}\\ \rho_{\rm s}\text{ (kg/m}^3\text{)}\\ \mu\text{ (N.s/m}^2\text{)}\\ Q\text{ (m}^3\text{/s)}\\ N_{\rm r}\text{ (rpm)}\\ \end{bmatrix},\;\;\;\;\;\; \mathit{mdMillPower\_Heath} = \begin{bmatrix} P\text{ (kW)}\\ \text{Iterations}\\ v_{\rm t}\text{ (m/s)}\\ \text{Re}\\ U_{\rm s}\text{ (m/s)}\\ U_{\rm slip}\text{ (m/s)}\\ U_{\rm rise}\text{ (m/s)}\\ p_{\rm s,g}\text{ (N/m}^2\text{)}\\ p_{\rm s,c}\text{ (N/m}^2\text{)}\\ \end{bmatrix}\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\; }[/math] where: [math]\displaystyle{ N_{\rm r} }[/math] is the rotational speed of the rotor (rpm), i.e. [math]\displaystyle{ \omega \times 60 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ d_{\rm s} }[/math] is the rotor shaft diameter (m), i.e. [math]\displaystyle{ 2 r_{\rm shaft} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Iterations} }[/math] is the number of internal iterations

Figure 1. Example showing the selection of the Parameters (blue frame), and Results (light blue frame) arrays in Excel.

SysCAD

The Heath power model is an optional calculation for stirred mill units. If selected, the input and display parameters below are shown.

Tag (Long/Short)	Input / Display	Description/Calculated Variables/Options
Heath
HelpLink		Opens a link to this page using the system default web browser. Note: Internet access is required.
MillDiameter	Input/Display	Inside diameter of the mill.
RotorTipDiameter	Input/Display	Diameter of the rotor at the tip.
RotorShaftDiameter	Input	Diameter of the rotor shaft.
MediaBedHeight	Input/Display	Height of the media (bead) bed.
NumSubmergedDiscs	Input	Number of submerged discs.
MediaDiameter	Input/Display	Diameter of the media (beads).
MediaVolFrac	Input	Volume fraction of media solids in the charge/bed.
MediaDensity	Input	Density of media.
SlurryDensity	Display	Density of slurry in the feed (or load for Dynamic).
SlurryViscosity	Input	Dynamic viscosity of slurry.
Feed.SLVolFlow / Feed.SLQv	Display	Volumetric flow rate of slurry into the mill.
RotorSpeed	Input/Display	Rotational speed of the rotor.
Iterations	Display	Number of internal iterations required to solve settling velocity equations.
RotorTipVelocity	Display	Velocity of the rotor at the tip.
ReynoldsNumber / Re	Display	Reynolds number.
SettlingVelocity / Us	Display	Stokes settling velocity.
SlipVelocity / Uslip	Display	Fluid slip velocity.
RiseVelocity / Urise	Display	Fluid rise velocity.
GravityPressure / psg	Display	Pressure due to gravitational force.
CentrifugalPressure / psc	Display	Pressure due to centrifugal force.
GrossPower	Display	Gross power drawn by the mill.