This animation shows purple velocity vectors of the airflow over a section of a long conveyor system. Animated particle tracks show how different diameter particles are blown off the pile of material on the conveyor. A lift-off model is used to predict the amount of each size of particle lifted from the pile's surface at each position on the conveyor. Different shield designs, to reduce dust lift-off, were assessed using the CFD model.
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