AAAR 37th Annual Conference October 14 - October 18, 2019 Oregon Convention Center Portland, Oregon, USA
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Design of Dispersal System for Dust Detonation
SHUSIL SIGDEL, Justin Wright, Stephen Corkill, Aravind Suresh, Christopher Sorensen, Kansas State University
Abstract Number: 626 Working Group: Nanoparticles and Materials Synthesis
Abstract Economically and environmentally feasible methods for the treatment of contaminated grain dust, agricultural dust and waste materials of process industries are strongly preferred. Thus, we want to use particulate precursors in detonation synthesis to produce graphene. Production of graphene from toxic flour and agricultural dust will transform these waste materials into valuable materials. This work intends to design a dispersion system for a 17 L chamber to detonate the dispersed dust. We will be testing various types of dust dispersals like metal cone with mesh on top, narrow nozzle, and spiral nozzle. Performance of various type of dispersals will be shown. In addition, we can also use this dispersion system for pyrophoric metals like Mg, Al, Ti and Fe with O2 to yield the oxides.