STUDY ON GRANULARITY DISTRIBUTION OF POWDER BY FRACTAL MODELS

Abstract

The granularity distribution of powder is shown to have the fractal characters. Based on the fractal theory, three algebraic expressions for the fractal dimension, the cumulative probability and the mass distribution of particles were obtained. Three expressions are the functions of the concentration of particles, the diameter of particles, the maximum and the minimum particle diameters. No additional empirical constant is introduced in these expressions. These fractal models contain less empirical constants than the conventional correlations. The fractal behavior about coal particles was discussed in detail. Simulations were also performed by fractal Monte Carlo technique. The proposed technique may provide us a new approach to analyze the granularity distribution of powder.