QUALITY CHANGES, DUST GENERATION, AND COMMINGLING ...

Figure 6.3 Pilot-scale B3 bucket elevator leg. ............................................................................ 165
Figure 6.4 Schematic diagram of the grain flow as represented by arrows................................ 167
Figure 6.5 Instantaneous commingling from five experiments. ................................................. 171
Figure 6.6 Instantaneous commingling from the initial 3D simulation and experiments showing
95% confidence limits......................................................................................................... 171
Figure 6.7 Instantaneous commingling from one- and three-bucket cup initial 3D simulation. 172
Figure 6.8 Average commingling from the initial 3D simulation compared at the same discrete
time with experiments......................................................................................................... 173
Figure 6.9 Average commingling from four quasi-2D models with reduced control volume. .. 174
Figure 6.10 Instantaneous commingling from Quasi-2D (6d_vib0) and the initial 3D simulations
compared at the same discrete time with experiments........................................................ 175
Figure 6.11 Average commingling from Quasi-2D (6d_vib0) and the initial 3D simulations
compared at the same discrete time with experiments........................................................ 175
Figure 6.12 Quasi-2D (6d_vib0_gate) model with particles: (a) accumulating at the gate and (b)
with surge flow. .................................................................................................................. 177
Figure 6.13 Instantaneous commingling from Quasi-2D (6d_vib0_gate) model accounting for
particle surge....................................................................................................................... 178
Figure 6.14 Average commingling from Quasi-2D (6d_vib0_gate), Quasi-2D (6d_vib0) and the
initial 3D simulations compared at the same discrete time with experiments.................... 178
Figure 6.15 Quasi-2D (6d_vib0_gate) model with surge flow increasing the uptake of red and
clear soybeans. .................................................................................................................... 179
Figure 6.16 Quasi-2D (6d_vib0_gate_gap) model with (a) reduced gap and (b) original gap
between bucket cups and boot wall..................................................................................... 181
Figure 6.17 Instantaneous commingling from Quasi-2D (6d_vib0_gate) model accounting for
particle surge and gap reduction. ........................................................................................ 182
Figure 6.18 Average commingling from Quasi-2D (6d_vib0), Quasi-2D (6d_vib0_gate) with and
without reduced gap, and the initial 3D models. ................................................................ 182
Figure 6.19 Average commingling from Quasi-2D (6d_vib0_gate) with and without reduced gap,
and the initial 3D simulations compared at the same discrete time with experiment......... 183
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