Mathematical modeling of the grain trajectory in the workspace of the sheller with rotating decks

Kazan State Agrarian University, 420015 Kazan, Russia

^* Corresponding author: avd-work@mail.ru

Abstract

The purpose of the work is to determine the possibility of controlling the operation of cereal grain husks by changing the angular rotation speed of the disk (rotor) and deck to provide optimal conditions for peeling (removal of the flower shell from the grain). For this purpose, the movement of grain in the working space of the husk between the disk and the rotating deck is considered. The mathematical model of grain movement in the working space of the husk, taking into account the real aerodynamics of the rotating air flow, where the efficiency of peeling is determined by the speed and direction of the grain flight, is presented. To study the nature of the influence of structural and regime parameters of the desiccant on the efficiency of work, on the basis of the obtained mathematical model, numerical calculations and graphical dependences are made. On the basis of the analysis of the received graphs it is revealed that the direction of the grain impact on the deck is strongly influenced by the direction of the grain velocity vector at the moment of its tearing from the disk edge and the deck rotation angle speed. At the same time, the right angle impact of the grain can be achieved at low speeds of the deck rotation, and the speed of the grain during the impact is mainly determined by the speed of the disk rotation and practically does not depend on the speed of the deck rotation.