The invention discloses a CFD-DEM
coupling and atomizing
nozzle-based tobacco strip
moisture regaining
processing strength control method, which accurately controls a
moisture regaining process through numerical
simulation and process parameter optimization, and improves the product quality and the production efficiency. The method combines a
bidirectional coupling theory of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and a
discrete element method (DEM) to simulate the movement,
heat transfer and humidifying process of tobacco flakes in a
moisture regaining cylinder, particularly, on the basis of a traditional CFD-DEM model, an atomizing
nozzle model is innovatively introduced, a
nozzle structure and an atomizing mechanism are optimized, uniform distribution of moisture is improved, and the moisture regaining effect is improved. The moisture content and temperature balance of the tobacco lamina are ensured, so that the moisture regaining effect is improved. Meanwhile, the invention provides a quantitative optimization method based on the
processing strength (H), the relation between the
processing strength and parameters such as temperature, moisture content and
convective heat transfer coefficient is analyzed, the processing strength is kept in the optimal range by adjusting the parameters, and the stability of the moisture regaining process and the consistency of the quality of the tobacco lamina are ensured.