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DESIGN AND PRELIMINARY TESTING OF A HAMMER MILL WITH ENDSUCTION LIFT CAPABILITY SUITABLE FOR COMMERCIAL PROCESSING OF GRAINS AND SOLID MINERALS IN NIGERIA BY EBUNILO P. O., OBANOR A. I. AND ARIAVIE G. O. * DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF BENIN P.M.B 1154 BENIN CITY NIGERIA *
ARIAVIE G.O
RM 126, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF BENIN BENIN CITY, NIGERIA ABSTRACT
A hammer mill with an end-suction lift capability has been designed, fabricated and tested. The tests were carried out by comparing the product of a conventional hammer mill with that of the new hammer mill with end suction lift capability. The preliminary test results results obtained using grains show that that the efficiency of a conventional conventional hammer mill and its ability to produce an output of specific size of 400 m-600m for both maize and cowpeas is low when compared with the output of the new hammer mill. The new hammer mill, which is a partially closed system while in operation and utilizes suction power, virtually eliminates environmental pollution usually associated with the operation of conventional hammer mills and can be used to mill commonly occurring Nigerian grains like millet, sorghum, maize, cowpeas, guinea-corn and soya beans into flour and also for pulverizing locally occurring solid minerals like clays into powder. This would diversify storage options for the grains, deepen and widen the available food choices for all Nigerians and enhance food security and rural development. Keywords
Hammer mill, design, testing, solid mineral processing, Nigerian grains, food security, rural development.
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A conventional hammer mill is a device consisting of a rotating head with free- swinging hammers, which reduce rock, grains or similarly hard objects to a predetermined size through a perforated screen [Sci-Tech Dictionary, 2003]. Hammer mills are widely utilized in the agricultural, wood, mining and chemical industries. The vast majority of Nigerians live in the rural areas [Okpala,1990] and are predominantly engaged in agriculture[Anifowoshe,1990]. Nigeria is blessed with equatorial [Morgan and Moss, 1965], tropical[Clayton, 1958], guinea [Jones, 1963], sudan [Olajire, 1991] and sahel [Pande, et al, 1993]climatic zones; thus making her suitable for the profitable cultivation and production of a wide variety of grains and tubers[FAOSTAT,2004]. The farmers rely on ancient and antiquated methods that are inefficient for storing the grains and tubers[Biewar, 1990], [Igbeka and Olumeko, 1996], [Adejumo and Raji, 2007], and thus lead to large storage losses due to rodents, damp, fungi and natural decay[Agboola, 1992], [Agridem, 1995]. Furthermore, the grains and tubers in their unprocessed states are bulky, difficult to transport and fetch very low prices in the market [Dixon, et al, 2001], [Taylor, et al, 2006]. This is a major cause of poverty amongst rural farmers [Killick, 1990], [Umoh, 2003] that encourages ruralurban migration [UNEP, 2006]. Thus, to guarantee access to food [Simon, et al, 2003], [Sanchez, et al, 2005], reduce rural-urban migration and encourage sustainable sustainable development [Barber, 2003], [Altieri, [Altieri, 2004], the processing of agricultural products like grains and tubers or solid minerals like clays and feldspars into more valuable products by the use of hammer hammer mills must must be encouraged and fostered. Conventional hammer mills that are extensively employed in the processing of solid minerals and grains suffer from a number of weaknesses that greatly hamper their productivity, efficiency and effectiveness. These weaknesses include the following: (a) The conventional hammer mill cannot produce material whose particle size is less than 400µm. For the most commonly processed solid minerals like kaolin, dolomite and feldspar, the particle sizes produced are relatively large and they cannot be directly used in the pharmaceutical, paint, textile, tyre, chemical, paper and glass industries or for grains as flour to make bread, biscuit and foo-foo for local consumption[Beintema consumption[Beintema and Stads, 2004], [Eyo, [Eyo, 2008]. (b) The fineness of the particles produced depend on the hole size of the screen sieve employed. Large particles can block the holes of the sieve screen screen thereby, reducing the the output of the hammer mill. mill. (c) Milling rates fall rapidly as the moisture content of the raw material increases. (d) To maintain the output, the screen sieves are continuously changed. Hence, it requires the acquisition of a lot of expensive accessories which cannot be produced locally. (e) Excessive dust particles are usually released into the atmosphere where hammer mills are operating. This constitutes a health hazard for the human operators and environmental pollution for the surrounding plants, animals and human communities. Ebunilo et al. (2001) has shown that Nigeria is abundantly blessed with kaolin, dolomite, feldspar, limestone, granitic and terrazzoic rocks. Other solid minerals reportedly found in Nigeria include gold, uranium, silver, gypsum, bauxite and lead. These are all initially found in rock formation and are blasted out as boulders. The boulders are usually very large large and must be broken into smaller smaller boulders that can be carried by hand, wheel barrows and shovels and loaded into trucks. The trucks are then sent to the milling site. The defects and shortcoming of currently used hammer mills have meant that most hammer mill operators and owners in Nigeria are running their business at marginal profit levels. This is because virtually all the hammer mills being utilized are old designs. These machines machines were originally designed and manufactured manufactured in Britain and the United States of America in the early 1930’s (Lynch and Rowland, 2005). They were brought into Nigeria by the tin mining companies in Jos and were copied by local artisans. Since then, there have been no significant improvements in their design or method of operation. The lack of innovation in the areas of design and operating principles of hammer
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The aims and objectives of this paper is to show that a hammer mill with an end suction lift capability (sieveless hammer mill), capable of continuous operation without clogging would increase throughput, percentage and quality of particle sizes lower than 400 m suitable for producing basic and composite flours used in making bread, noodles, infant foods and foo-foo. Also, as the hammer mill is fabricated locally, its functionality is not dependent on tight tolerances, allowances or clearances. MATERIALS AND METHOD DESCRIPTION OF CONVENTIONAL HAMMER MILLS
Conventional hammer mills operate on the principles of impact and pulverization. Essentially, a hammer mill consists of a number of steel hammers radially and axially spaced on a steel shaft or rotor which rotates at a high speed in a strong housing (usually made of thick steel sheets). As the material is fed into the mill from a feed hopper, the hammers strike it with great force and rapidly pulverize it. At a surface on the bottom of the housing and close to the tip of the hammers is a screen or sieve. The pulverized materials in the form of fine particles pass through the sieve and are collected. The fineness of the particles is regulated by the use of sieves of different mesh sizes. A conventional hammer mill is shown in Fig.1. This is typical of the model developed in the 1930s (Agricola, 1950). In the 1970s and 1980s, pneumatic systems were incorporated in the fabrication of
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Hopper
Rigid frame Swinging hammer Hammer carriers
Sieve screen Rotating shaft
Discharge
Fig.1. A Conventional Hammer Mill hammer mills to enhance the transfer, storage, separation and processing of the fine particles produced by the mills (Lynch and Rowland, 2005). Automatic control of the feed was introduced to prevent overloading of the crushing chamber. This was achieved by using a cut-out switch to control the periodic opening and closing of the feed hopper gates in the chamber. The hammers are allowed to swing freely instead of being rigidly attached so as to absorb shock loads encountered when they come into contact with very hard substances or material. These innovations which improved the capability and operational life of hammer mills are not yet incorporated in the design and fabrication of local hammer mills (Onokpe et al 2000). PROBLEM DEFINITION AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
The conceptual design was based on the principle of design by analysis [Norton, 2006]. The methodology adopted was to examine the most critical defects of conventional hammer mills and provide solutions. Thus the following defects or problems were identified and corresponding solutions were proffered. Problem 1 As a result of wear and corrosion the sieve screen holes enlarge or burst thereby allowing larger than desired particles to pass through. Solution 1 Eliminate sieve screens. Introduce an endless sieve that is a dimensionally controlled controlled “open gate”. Problem 2
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Ebunilo.P.O.et Ebunilo.P.O.et al. / International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Vol. 2(6), 2010, 1581-1593 After several hours of hammer mill operation, the sieve screen holes are clogged thereby reducing its efficiency and capacity. Solution 2 The solution to problem 1 eliminates problem 2 Problem 3 Wet materials become elastic and therefore absorb most of the impact energy of the hammer without breaking. This reduces the efficiency of conventional hammer mills. Solution 3 Introduce a fan to induce forced convection and rapid drying of material Problem 4 Adequately broken particles can be collected when they fall through the sieve hole by gravity. Due to the relatively large gap between the hammers and the screen, this will be inadequate and therefore clearly inefficient. Solution 4 Solution 3 eliminates problem 4 as pressurized air can lift particles of sufficient sizes through great distances. This is observed in tornadoes and cyclones. Problem 5 Materials being crushed by conventional hammer mills cannot be recycled until they are reduced to the required size before trying to force them through through the sieve holes. holes. This is probably the greatest greatest cause of burst burst holes. Solution 5 A mechanical separator, which rotates at the same speed as the shaft ensures that all solid particles above certain sizes are blown back into the hammer mill chamber until they are ground or broken by impact into fine particles. Problem 6 Some of the particles produced by hammer mills are in the form of dust. They usually constitute 5- 10% of the raw materials and are lost as dust into the atmosphere. They constitute serious health hazard to the human operators of the hammer mills as they enter the lungs (which can lead to cancer) and ears (which can lead to hearing loss), eyes (which can lead to blindness), et cetera The dust particles escaping into the atmosphere would eventually settle on roofs of buildings, leaves of trees, and on animals thus causing pollution and damaging the ecology of the immediate environment. Solution 6 Install a large sedimentation chamber with long tubes so as to virtually remove all the dust at the point of generation. This is greatly aided by solution 3 as the fan generates the required suction pressure. The design factors considered to be of utmost u tmost importance in this design were function, maintenance, reliability, safety and cost (Norton, 1999). The introduction of a sieveless screen for separating the right size of particles from the unwanted ones ensures that most of the maintenance and reliability problems of constant sieve de-clogging, checking and servicing, repair and
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MACHINE SPECIFICATION
Since this hammer mill was designed to be utilized in the rural areas of Nigeria where technical skills are least available, the following machine specifications were considered during design namely: a)
Increased throughput
b)
Continuous operation operation
c) d)
Efficiency of machine independent of very tight tolerances and allowances during fabrication or assembly Local availability of fabrication materials and spare parts
DESCRIPTION OF HAMMER MILL WITH END SUCTION LIFT CAPABILITY
The final conceptual design of the new hammer mill with end suction lift capability arose from the consideration of many concepts involving the use of feed hoppers, cams, springs, hammers, winnowers, feed hopper, a milling chamber, and a shaft coupled to a high-speed electronic motor through two vee-belts. The following machine elements are attached as shown in Fig.2. to the shaft, namely: free-swinging hammers, collars, a mechanical separator, a centrifugal fan, two bearings (one at each end)and a pulley. Two square cross-sectional pipes are attached to the centrifugal fan end of the shaft. The pipes are taken to the settlement chamber of the cyclone. From here, one of the pipes is connected to the collection point while the other is re-routed back to the feed hopper.
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Fig.2: New Hammer Mill
OPERATING PRINCIPLES OF HAMMER MILL WITH END SUCTION LIFT CAPABILITY
The raw material is fed into the hammer mill through the feed hopper. The feed hopper is chamfered to facilitate unidirectional flow of the raw material by gravity to the milling chamber. Here, the hammers strike the material which breaks into small pieces each time there is a successful hit. The pulverized material is prevented from leaving the milling chamber until it has been reduced to fine particles on subsequent impact by the hammers by the unique action of the mechanical separator. The mechanical separator is a rotor having two equal arms chamfered at the ends. It is housed in a frustum chamber that is mounted in such a way that its inlet is larger than the outlet. The separator rotates at the same speed as the shaft which is directly coupled to it. As the shaft rotates at high speed, the blades of the separator form a partially closed system at low pressure with the frustum end and only very fine particles of the pulverized material can pass through. The larger particles or uncrushed materials are recycled to the crushing chamber. The centrifugal fan generates a suction pressure which depends on the speed of rotation of the blades. The induced air/particle mixtures are vented through the two overhead pipes. The two pipes are of such length and cross-sectional area to enhance the movement of the dust laden, air and prevent the sedimentation of the particles in them. At the sedimentation chamber or cyclone, the air from the lower vent containing less number of particles is re-routed back into the feed hopper. This causes a pressure drop in the feed chamber and prevents dust particles from escaping through the feed hopper. The air from the higher vent passes through the cyclone and as it expands, the velocity of the particles is sharply reduced to a negligible value as they come into contact with the walls of the cyclone. The
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(1)
[Hannah and Stephens, 2004]
Where, Fh = centrifugal force Nh = number of hammers mh = mass of each hammer r h = radius of hammer = angular velocity of hammer
ωh
Assuming inelastic impact between the hammers and material, the velocity of material, V m, given by
Vm =
...
(2a)
Vm =
...
(2b)
[Khurrmi and Gupta, 2007]
Or
Where Vm = velocity of material being milled mm = mass of material being milled Nm = number of material impacted The minimum width of hammer, w h, to withstand the centrifugal force at impact is given by wh = dh +
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σh
Mechanical Separator Let us assume that the loading is such that failure can only occur by bending or shearing of the blades. (a) Failure by bending of the blades F b = σyt b(w b-d b)
...
(4 )
[Hall, et al, 1998]
(5)
[Hall, et al, 1998]
(6)
[Khurmi and Gupta, 2008]
Where, F b = bending force = yield stress
σy
t b = thickness of blade w b = width of blade d b = diameter of blade (b) Failure by shearing of blade Fs = τ t b (w b-d b)
...
Where Fs = shear force = shear stress on blade
τ
Power Required by Machine The power required by the hammer mill, Phm, is given by Phm = Tω
...
Where Phm = power T = torque = angular velocity
ω
The Shaft
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=
...
(7)
sh,
is
[Hall, et al, 1998]
Where FS = factor of safety K f f = actual stress concentration factor = ultimate tensile stress
σu
M = bending moment = endurance limit of shaft material
σe
Tm = mean torque dsh = shaft diameter V-Belt and Pulley The centrifugal tension, F bo, is given by F bo = m’ be V be2
...
(8)
[Morrison and Crossland, 2000]
where F bo = centrifugal tension m´ be = mass of belt per unit length V be = linear velocity of belt. The power transmitted by the belt, P be, is given by P be = (Ft1 – Ft2) V be
...
(9)
[Khurmi and Gupta, 2007]
(10)
[Hannah and Stephens, 2004]
Where P be = power transmitted Ft1 = tension on tight side of belt Ft2 = tension on slack side of belt The turning moment on the pulley, M p, is given by M p = (Ft1- Ft2)r p
. ..
Where
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...
(11)
[Welty, et al, 1999]
Where Pt = total pressure Pst = static pressure Pv = dynamic pressure TESTING AND RESULTS
A prototype of a hammer mill with end-suction lift capability has been produced. Most components of the machine were produced using locally available raw materials. The machine was tested using maize and cowpea grains. To compare the performance of the conventional hammer mill with that of the new hammer mill, equal quantities (7kg) each of maize and cowpea grains taken from the same population were fed into the respective machines. The outputs of the machines at the end of 1min. of operation are shown in Table 1 for the conventional hammer mill and Table 2 for the new hammer mill. The results shown in Tables 1 and 2 are the average of 3 test results conducted for each machine and crop under similar conditions. Table 1: Output of Conventional Hammer Mill
Crop Maize Cowpea
Coarse (1mm – 2mm) 3.0 3.2
Output (kg/min) Medium (601µm – 1mm) 1.8 1.9
Fine (400µm - 600µm) 1.2 1.3
Output (kg/min) Medium (601µm – 1mm) -
Fine (400µm - 600µm) 1.5 1.6
Table 2: Output of New Hammer Mill
Crop Maize Cowpea
Coarse (1mm – 2mm) -
The power source of the hammer mill is a three phase electric motor with a power capacity of 3.73kW and a rotational speed of 3000r.p.m.
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The particle size distribution of the outputs of the machines indicates that while the conventional hammer mill produces particles in the coarse, medium and fine categories, the new hammer mill produces particles in the fine category only for the two grains that were tested. This output affirms the performance of the mechanical separator which ensures that only particles of a size desired by the user or client are obtained from the new hammer mill. The incorporation of a feedback mechanism that returns uncrushed and coarse materials back to the crushing chamber for more fracturing assist in ensuring that only very fine particles are obtained from the machine. These features of the new hammer are very important because they ensure that products of high quality and desired specification are obtained. Thus the crushing and pulverization of solid minerals and agricultural products can be accomplished efficiently. efficiently. CONCLUSION
This paper has focused on the design and preliminary testing (after fabrication) of a hammer mill with end suction lift capability. The major components of the new hammer mill are the hammers, shaft, bearing, centrifugal fan, mechanical separator, cyclone, casing and electric motor. Most components of the hammer mills were produced using locally available raw materials. The preliminary tests carried out on the new hammer mill confirm that it produces very fine particles as required . This contrasts sharply with the coarse, medium and fine particles produced by the conventional hammer mill. Thus the quality control and productivity of the new hammer mill are considerably greater than those of the conventional hammer mill. The environmental pollution associated with the use of conventional hammer mills is virtually eliminated in the new hammer mill. Thus there is no health hazard experienced by the operator of the new machine. It is hoped that the commercialization commercialization and widespread application of the new hammer mill will contribute significantly to the growth of the agricultural and solid mineral processing industry in Nigeria. Furthermore, the new hammer mill with end suction lift capability when used in processing grains that are abundantly produced in Nigeria would reduce processing losses, produces flour with longer shelf life (dry flour), enhances greater consumer choice, ensures new markets for domestic cereals and legume crops, reflects a more effective response to changing market requirements and increases food security for Nigeria. Nigeria. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors wish to appreciate the contribution of Mr. O.O. Onokpe, Mr. I.B. Onosode and Mr. E.O. Ekamah in the design, fabrication and preliminary testing of the hammer mill with end-suction lift capability. REFERENCES [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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