Axial segregation of a rotating drum with an inclined axis of rotation

![CDATA[Different experimental and numerical studies have been carried out to study the effect of input properties on axial segregation patterns in rotating drums in the past, but little effort has been made to investigate the effect of angle of inclination of the rotating drums, though such inclined drums exist in industrial waste management, food processing, power and pharmaceutical industries. To overcome this gap, in this work, the discrete element method was used to study the axial segregation phenomena of a rotating drum with different angles of inclination from 0 to 15 degrees for variable angular velocity of a drum. The axial segregation patterns along the length of the rotating drum were examined. It was found that with an increase of angle of inclination of the drum, which directly affects the inclination of the particle gravitational force acting on particles along the axial direction, which induces axial dispersion of large particles towards the lower end of the drum. As a result, large particles tend to accumulate on the lower end of the rotating drum, which leads towards controlled band formation applications to the industrial process with continues segregation output requirements.]]