Number of channels 3 4 5 6 7 8
arithmetic mean (m/s) 67。1 68。1 68。5 67。8 62。8 61。5
standard deviation 3。89 4。14 2。90 1。64 4。38 3。90
Seen from Table 1, from 3channels to 6channels the arithmetic mean of particles speed has not changed much, but the standard deviation decreased, indicating that fluctuation in the arithmetic mean is smaller and the overall speed of the particles thrown off rotor has risen。 From 6 channels to 8 channels, the arithmetic mean decreased significantly, and the standard deviation also increased, indicating that the overall speed of particles thrown down。 Therefore, the speed of particles increases as the number of channels increases, in the 6 channels reaches a peak and then begins to decline。 Thus, rotor with 6 channels is the most reasonable design and accelerates particles best。 Suppose the reasons for this phenomenon are: with the increase in the number of channels, the time of particles thrown off the rotor was becoming faster and faster in order from 3 channels to 8 channels。 With too many channels, particles thrown off the rotor were numerous, resulting in many particles in rotor without full acceleration and fall off the rotor, leading to the arithmetic mean of particles ejected speed was low in rotors with 7 and 8 channels, standard deviation was high; however, the fewer numbers of channels would result in the fewer particles thrown off the rotor in unit time, the longer accelerating time, and the reduction of production efficiency。 In order to prove this hypothesis, it was made that the number of particles of each rotor-time graph, as shown in Fig。6Seen from Fig。6, after 0。4s, the number of particles in rotor reduced in order from 3 channels to 8 channels at each time point。 In the case of equal feeding quantity, it was indicated that the fewer particles remaining in the rotor, the faster the particles were thrown off the rotor with the shorter accelerating time。 In the time from 0。4s to 0。6s, the number of particles in rotor grew slowly, because of that the rotor began to throw particles out; meanwhile, the curve slope declined in order from 3 channels to 8 channels, which means the growth rate of particles’ number decreased, indicating that particles were thrown off the rotor faster and faster。 After 1。5s, none of particles generated, and the remaining particles were thrown off the rotor, resulting in the reduction of the particles’ number; the curve slope increased in order from 3 channels to 8 channels, which means the reducing rate of particles arose, showing that the particles were thrown off the rotor faster and faster also。 This is consistent with the content hypothesis, proving the correctness of inference。