Explain principle and working of fluid energy mill with a diagram.
Principle
It works on the principle of impact and attrition.
Working: The air or inert gas is introduced with a very high pressure through nozzles. Solids are introduced into air stream through inlet. Due to high degree of turbulence, impact and attrition forces occur between the particles. The fine particles are collected through a classifier. Fluid energy mill reduces the particles to 1 to 20 micron. To get a very fine powder, even up to five micron, the material is pre-treated to reduce the particle size to the order of 100 mesh and then passed through fluid energy mill.
Diagram of fluid energy mill :