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Submitted by:
Juturu Radheshyam (131FA02004)
Maddukuri Jagadeesh Babu (131FA02007)
Introduction :
Fine mineral particles ranging from 1m to 10m play an important role
as fillers in various industries such as plastics, paint, paper, sealant and
adhesives,cosmetics,detergent, ceramics, agriculture and pharmaceutical.
Normally fine mineral particles is produced through grinding process in
various energy intensive grinding mills such as ball mill, impact mills,
jet mill etc.
Fine grinding process is defined as production of fine particles in the
size range of several micrometers. Energy intensive mills are often used
for ultra fine grinding and mechanical activation purposes due to the
huge amount of energy delivered to the particles that were being ground.
Different types of mills used in industry are given below.
Mill class Mill type Product size range
Impact mills Pin mill 50-3000 microns
Hammer mill
Ball media mills Tumbling ball mill <50-3000 microns
Stirred media ball mill
Jet mills Loop (oval chamber) mill <50 microns
Fluidized-bed jet mill
Spiral jet mill
Roller mills Crushing roll >3000 microns
Jet Mills:
Jet Mills are used for micronizing of solids of agro-chemicals,
chemicals, pigments, minerals, pharmaceuticals, thermoplastics and
other like heat sensitive, corrosive and abrasive materials.
Jet mill has gain its importance in producing high purity fine particles
ranging from 1m to 10m since it was first invented in 1960. There are
two common types of jet mill which are the spiral jet mill and the
fluidized bed jet mill. The advantages of jet mill in producing fine
particles are high fineness combines with narrow size distribution, high
degree of dispersion, low grinding chamber temperature, no agitated
built in elements, high turbulence in the grinding chamber, which means
high heat transmission and high mass transfer with no product
contamination through wear.
Jet Mills operate in compressed air, gas or high pressure superheated
steam. These mills have no moving parts, thereby eliminating
contamination due to contact with external grinding media. No
attritional heat is generated during grinding making it the ideal process
to grind heat sensitive and waxy substance.
Although jet mill has several advantages but it is still an energy intensive
process as only 2% - 5% of the energy supplied is used to create new
surfaces. The development of more energy efficient fine grinding
process in jet mill implies a better fundamental understanding of the
various mechanisms involved in the fragmentation of the particles such
as grinding chamber pressure, amount of holdup in the grinding
chamber, particle shape, air flow in the grinding and classification
chamber besides the operational parameters and design parameters such
as, classifier speed, nozzle distance, feed rate and grinding pressure.
Priciple of Operation:
Jet Mill works on fluid energy. Micronozing take place in a shallow,
cylindrical chamber. High pressure air or steam is injected in this
chamber through specially designed nozzles placed at regular distance,
on the peripheral wall. The axis of each jet is tangential to the
circumference of a smaller, imaginary, concentric circle.