Experiment on molten magnesium chloride granulation by rotary cup atomizer
In order to recover high-quality waste heat resources from molten magnesium chloride which is a by-product of the Kroll production of sponge titanium,molten magnesium chloride was broken into spherical particles by rotary cup centrifugal granulation in this paper,and the influences of cup atomizer rotating speed and melt mass flow on the average diameter and particle size distribution of magnesium chloride were investigated.The results show that with the increase of the cup atomizer's rotating speed and the decrease of mass flow,the average particle size gradually decreases and a larger diameter of the rotating cup can obtain smaller particles.The particle size is mainly distributed in the range of 0~2 mm and the particles are concentrated in the direction of smaller granule size with the increase of rotating speed and the decrease of mass flow.
molten magnesium chloridecentrifuge granulationparticle average diameterparticle size distribution