Transfer Chute Design
Simulation-based Dust Prediction for Transfer Chute Design

The design of a belt conveyor transfer chute influences dust generation to large degree. A proper transfer chute design reduces the emissions and supports the design of exhaustion plants.

Dust emission is one of the main problems associated with the operation of transfer chutes. The design of the transfer chute influences dust generation to a large degree. A proper design of the transfer chute reduces the dust emissions without the use of expensive dust reducing equipment. Although a more careful design might solve a lot of dust problems, dust exhaustion/reduction equipment will still be essential for a range of application areas, where difficult bulk solid properties or certain boundary conditions limit the design options.
Due to the very specific design of transfer chutes, sophisticated simulation methods such as the Discrete Element Method (DEM) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) are necessary to predict the material and air flow in such plants.

This article describes how the discrete element method and computational fluid dynamics can be combined with empirical found relations for the diffuse dust emissions to evaluate the dust generation in transfer chutes. The results of such an analysis can not only be used for transfer chute design – they also support the design of accompanying dust exhaustion plants.

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