MODELING OF THE "FISH-HOOK" EFFECT IN A CLASSIFIER

J. G. Duecka, L. L. Min'kov,b and E. V. Pikushchakb

UDC 621.928.42

On the basis of the kinematic model of entrainment of small
particles by large ones the abnormally nonmonotonic dependence
of the separation curve on the particle size is explained.
The influence of the particle density, the classifier length,
the split-parameter, and the average size of particles on the
depth of the "fish-hook" effect has been investigated.

aUniversity of Erlangen-Nremberg, Germany;email:
Johann.Dueck@uvt.cbi.uni-erlangen.de; bTomsk State
University, 36 Lenin Ave., 634050, Russia; email:
lminkov@ftf.tsu.ru. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii
Zhurnal, Vol. 80, No. 1, pp. 60-69, January-February, 2007.
Original article submitted May 5, 2005.