Research Article

Study of Clogging Phenomenon for a Conical Hopper: The Influence of Particle Bed Height and Hopper Angle

Table 2

Simulations performed without periodic boundary condition to study the clogging probability.

 h (mm)d (mm)D (d)L

Without periodic BC[0, 20, 40, 60, 75][75, 150, 300, 450, 600,800,1000]8
With periodic BC50[75, 100, 150, 300, 450,600,800,1000,1400,1800]85