Optimization of principal parameters of bulk materials separation in cascade classifiers

Abstract

The analysis of principal regularities of material distribution in cascade stages has allowed us to substantiate the optimality of some important separation parameters. It is shown that the best separation effect can be achieved by feeding the initial material to the mid stage of the cascade. Here the number of stages can be limited, since the separation effect is weakened with its growth. This analysis has also demonstrated the limited nature of the velocity-based hypothesis in the theory of gravitation processes, although until now this hypothesis ranks among the central ones in this theory.