Bulk Solids Handling Properties of milled, 2mm and 4 mm corn stover with and without MgSt

Data from FT-4 shear testing and some analysis code

The analysis code is based on the mass flow hopper calculations and testing described by

Andrew W Jenike. Storage and Flow of Solids Bulletin No. 123. Bulletin of the UtahEngineering Experiment STation, 53(26):209, November 1964. doi: 10.2172/5240257.

 Dietmar Schulze. Powders and Bulk Solids. Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidel-berg, 1 edition, September 2007. ISBN 978-3-540-73767-4.

Mehos, G.  STORAGE  AND  HANDLING  OF  BULK  SOLIDS.https://mehos.net/downloads, 2023; (accessed 2024-01-05).

These references are also used for specific equations in the example code:

Andrew W Jenike and J.R. Johanson. Review of the Principles of Flow of Bulk Solids.Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, 71:141–146, 1970.

P. C. Arnold and A. G. McLean. An analytical solution for the stress function at thewall of a converging channel. Powder Technology, 13(2):255–260, March 1976. ISSN0032-5910. doi: 10.1016/0032-5910(76)85011-5.

Greg Mehos, Mike Eggleston, Shawn Grenier, Christopher Malanga, Grishma Shrestha,and Tristan Trautman. Designing hoppers, bins, and silos for reliable flow. The Best ofEquipment Series, 33, 2018.

Z. H. Gu, P. C. Arnold, and A. G. McLean. Modelling of air pressure distributions inmass flow bins. Powder Technology, 72(2):121–130, October 1992. ISSN 0032-5910. doi:10.1016/0032-5910(92)88018-D.

D18 Committee. Test Method for Shear Testing of Powders Using the Freeman TechnologyFT4 Powder Rheometer Shear Cell. URL https://www.astm.org/d7891-15.html.(accesseed 2024-06-01).

 Greg Mehos. Maximum solids discharge rates from hoppers. Chemical EngineeringResearch and Design, 191:564–567, March 2023. ISSN 0263-8762. doi: 10.1016/j.cherd.2023.01.050.