Engineering // Plant efficiency

Due to the advantage of centrifugal force against gravitational one, dynamic

separators are better in their disaggregation property than V-separators. That is
the reason why it is necessary to improve the disaggregation of crushed material
inside V-separators to improve their efficiency. Now this is possible by electro
neutralization technology according to patent DE 698 09 251 T2.

TEXT  Dr. Nikolay Glukharev, ECOFOR, St. Petersburg/Russia

ECOFOR

Increase of V-separator efficiency

The V-separator is widely adopted for processing
of comminuted material mainly for closed circuit
systems with roller presses. It is really static and
energy saving apparatus that has high reliability in
operation. It also realizes the function of disaggre-
gation of material cakes after its roll’s compacting.
Cakes fall down by slanted step grate of the sepa-
rator. They are divided into parts and scavenged
by transversal airflow. Small parts were carried by
flow to the top output of separator and coarse ones
fall down and turn to repeated disintegration.
Nevertheless disaggregation property of dy-
namic separator is better than V-separator due
the advantage of centrifugal force in comparison
with gravitation one. That is why it is necessary
to improve the disaggregation of crushed material
inside V-separator for the sake of its efficiency in-
creasing. Now it is possible to achieve by using of

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electro neutralization technology according patent
DE 698 09 251 T2.
All changes in nature are accompanying by any
electric phenomenon. This is right for disintegra-
tion of heterogeneous materials too. The process of
distraction of a solid body is not only a mechanic
process of its partition, but is accompanied by an
electro physical phenomenon due the breaches of
double electric layers of contacting phases of such
material. The fresh surface of comminuted material
dynamically becomes nonequilibrium and excited.
As a result electric charge appears on the surface
of particles that are the cause of adhesion process
between them (Fig. 1)
Cakes of pressed materials have many cracks
inside between particles of different sizes. Some
cracks of small sized particles cannot be opened
inside a separator because of adhesion. These par-
ticles adhere to big ones and decrease the separator
efficiency. The force of adhesion has components
of electrostatic and intermolecular interaction. If
electrostatic component is decreased, adhesion of
small particles is decreased too and the efficiency
of separation is improved.
Plant efficiency // Engineering
Prevention of the effect of elec- ECOFOR
trostatic components is carried out
by the active neutralizer-device
ECOFOR. It is connected to the metal
of the coupling flange of the mate-
rial feeding of V-separators (Fig. 2).
A positive charge of comminuted
material is actively discharged by
an active neutralizer and relaxed
in grounding through falling of
material by slanted metal step
grate. As a result additional part
of small size powder is passed
away by the same airflow to the
finish ball mill or its dynamic
separator.
In 2010 such test for elec-
tro neutralization of commi-
nuted material inside V-separator
was realized in Turkey at AkcanSA
Cimento (Büyükçekmece). During
the test particle size distribution of 2 Connection of active
neutralizer to V-separator
returned fraction after V-separator
was analyzed by laser granulom-
eter. The load of return transporter
was also checked and became less during one hour
after turning on of active neutralizer. The compari-
son of particle size distribution for returned frac-
tions under stable conditions of roller-press (Fig. 3)
has discovered that part of particles in size range
from 10 to 100 µm was decreased by 22 % under
active neutralizer influence. These particles were
transported by airflow to the finish mill but not to
repeat crushing as it was before. Such improving
of V-separators efficiency has allowed to increase
capacity of grinding systems of Turkish cement
plants: AkcanSA Cimento (Buyukcekmece) from
125 to 140  t/h, Mardin Oyak Cimento from 102
to 110 t/h and CimSA Nigde Cimento from 128 to
138 t/h.
V-separators are sufficiently used for grind-
ing. Now their efficiency can be increased by ac-
3 Particle size distribu-
tive neutralizers not only for new deliveries but for tion of returned fraction
exploited grinding systems too. after the V-separator
Particle Size Distribution
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Volume (%)
5 with ECOFOR
4
3 without ECOFOR
2
1
0
0.1 1 10 100
Particle Size (µm)
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