Study of temperature changes in mineral fertiliser granules after contact with air in a granulation tower

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https://doi.org/10.15587/2706-5448.2023.286693

Keywords:

granule, urea, pouring, rotating vibrating granulator, convective cooling, heat exchange, thermal conductivity, temperature profile

Abstract

The object of research is the process of granulation of nitrogen mineral fertilizers by the method of sprinkling. One of the most problematic areas is the lack of certainty regarding the dynamics of the temperature change of the granule when it is cooled by air in the granulation tower. The paper considers the process of urea granulation using a rotating vibrating granulator. The scheme of the rotating vibrating granulator as part of the experimental stand for granulating liquid urea is presented, the method of conducting experimental studies and the design parameters of the granulator are described. It is indicated that in the process of experimental research, the temperatures of the melt, granules and cooling air were recorded. It is emphasized that the contact of the cooling air with the flow of hot granules leads to a constant increase in air temperature due to the heat transferred from the granules, which makes it necessary to determine the final temperature of the air leaving the granulation tower. For this purpose, a mathematical model was developed and calculation equations were obtained to determine the temperature of the air in contact with the surface of the pellet and the temperature profile inside the pellet. Numerical calculations of the calculation equations made it possible to obtain temperature profiles of the granule along its radius. It is emphasized that the theoretically obtained temperature profile cannot be an accurate indicator of the real temperature of the pellet when it falls in the granulation tower. Analysis of the calculated results shows that the temperature of the granules in the lower part of the granulation tower is 60–62 °C. This temperature corresponds to the practically confirmed final temperature of the granule, which was measured on the experimental stand.

Supporting Agency

  • This research work has been supported by the project VEGA 1/0500/20 «Investigation of mechanical properties of materials with complex internal structure by numerical and experimental methods of mechanics» granted by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic and project «Fulfillment of tasks of the perspective plan of development of a scientific direction «Technical sciences» Sumy State University» (State Reg. No. 0121U112684) funded by the Ministry of Education and Science and of Ukraine.

Author Biographies

Al-Khyatt Muhamad Nadhem, The General Directorate Education of Iraq

PhD, Senior Engineer

Vsevolod Sklabinskyi, Sumy State University

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering

Ruslan Ostroha, Sumy State University

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering

Maksym Skydanenko, Sumy State University

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering

Mykola Yukhymenko, Sumy State University

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering

Jozef Bocko, Technical University of Kosice

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor

Department of Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering

Denys Ostroha, Sumy State University

Postgraduate Student

Department of Chemical Engineering

Dmitry Zabitsky, Professional Machine Building College of Sumy State University

Cyclic Commission of Specialty «Industrial Machinery Engineering»

 

Oleksii Moskalchuk, Sumy State University

Department of Chemical Engineering

Andrii Serhiienko, Sumy State University

Department of Chemical Engineering

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Study of temperature changes in mineral fertiliser granules after contact with air in a granulation tower

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2023-08-31

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Nadhem, A.-K. M., Sklabinskyi, V., Ostroha, R., Skydanenko, M., Yukhymenko, M., Bocko, J., Ostroha, D., Zabitsky, D., Moskalchuk, O., & Serhiienko, A. (2023). Study of temperature changes in mineral fertiliser granules after contact with air in a granulation tower. Technology Audit and Production Reserves, 4(3(72), 10–14. https://doi.org/10.15587/2706-5448.2023.286693

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Vol. 4 No. 3(72) (2023): Chemical engineering

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