Humidifying evenly is the key to moisture conditioning technology. The uniformity of moisture content depends on the material distribution uniformity. Material uniform plate is the chief work part for increasing the material uniformity, and it has an immediate influence on the follow-up material processing quality and production efficiency. In order to improve the humidifying uniformity in the process of brown rice moisture conditioning, a new type of plate called curved-surface material uniform plate was designed on the basis of existing technology. Combined with the material movement rule on the cone material uniform plate, the parabola was set as the curved generatrix of curved-surface material uniform plate. One of the characteristics of the curved-surface material uniform plate was that it enhanced the uniformity of the material thickness by controlling the floating velocity of the material and offered a favorable condition for uniform humidification of brown rice, and moreover it couldn’t damage brown rice. In this study, on the basis of the theoretical analysis, the working process of the curved-surface material uniform plate was simulated with the discrete element method (DEM), and it was found that the structure parameters and operating conditions of curved-surface refining plate were the key factors affecting its wok performance through the analysis based on the orthogonal design. DEM is a numerical method used for modelling the mechanical behavior of granular materials. Using the EDEM software, the influence laws of the rotation rate of material uniform plate, the curved-surface form and the feeding rateon the material thickness uniformity were simulated and analyzed. According to the performance evaluation indices of evenly distributing material, the structure of curved-surface material uniform plate was optimized. By the response surface analysis method, the mathematical model between each factor and coefficient of variation was established. The validation test was used to verify the availability and practicability of curved-surface material uniform plate which was created by three-dimensional (3D) printing technology, and the working process of curved-surface material uniform plate was recorded using high-speed cameras. The simulation results showed that the curved-surface form (parabola coefficient) had highly significant effect on the material distribution (P<0.01), the feeding rate (caliber of nozzle)greatly affected the distribution of the material (P<0.05), but the effect of plate rotating rate was insignificant (P>0.05). To verify thecorrectness of mathematical model, the simulation tests were made under the optimal combination of parameters, and the experiment results showed that there was no significant difference between predicted and observed values. Considering material requirement, the parabola coefficient was 0.02, the diameter ratio of draft tube to curved-surface material uniform plate was 0.1875, and the plate rotating rate was 183 r/min. Under the conditions, the coefficient of variation of material thicknesswas 4.42%. The simulation results were basically consistent with the validation test results, and the relative error was 2.62%. The results have proved that it is feasible to use the DEM to analyze the performance of curved-surface material uniform plate, and the plate can be used for uniform distribution of brown rice.At the same time,the results show thatthecurved-surface material uniform plate improves the charge level distribution,enhances the materialdistribution uniformity,and contributes to the uniform humidification of brown rice.%为提高糙米调质过程中的加湿均匀性，在现有匀料技术的基础上，设计了一种曲面式匀料盘。采用离散元法建立匀料盘仿真模型，分析了匀料盘结构参数及运行条件对料层厚度均匀度的影响规律，结合响应面分析法得到各因素的最优组合。仿真结果表明：曲面形式（抛物线系数）对糙米的分布影响极显著（P<0.01），进料量（导流管直径）对糙米的分布影响显著（P<0.05），匀料盘转速对糙米分布影响不显著（P>0.05）；综合考虑匀料要求，确定最优结构参数为：匀料盘抛物线方程系数为0.02、导流管与匀料盘直径比为0.1875，最佳运行条件转速为183 r/min，此时料面厚度变异系数可达4.42%。仿真结果与验证结果基本一致，相对误差为2.62%，证明离散元单元法仿真分析曲面式匀料盘工作性能的可行性。
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