pneumatic conveying.

xls PNEUMATIC CONVEYING (dilute phase) Solids mass flow rate: 800 kg/h Mean particle size: 80 micron Density of gas: 1.2 kg/m^3 Density of solids: 2500 kg/m^3 Vertical distance: 30 m Horizontal distance: 15 m Number of 90' bends: 8 Gas viscosity: 0.0000184 Pa.s ******************************************** Solids mass flow rate: 0.2222222 kg/s Mean particle size: 0.00008 m ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* Pipe diameter (mm) 78 63 50 40 Pipe diameter (mm) 78 63 50 40 Saltation velocity (m/s) 9.53 9.94 10.40 10.87 Superf'l gas vel. (m/s) 14.30 14.91 15.60 16.30 Solid velocity (m/s) 11.61 12.10 12.67 13.23 Solids flux Porosity

(kg/m^2s) (-) 46.51 0.9984 71.29 0.9976 113.18 0.9964 176.84 0.9947 Flow Reynolds number (-) 72840.962 61404.508 51063.421 42760.323 Gas friction factor (-) 0.0048209 0.0050312 0.0052686 0.0055076 ********* Total Pressure drop (Pa) 7355 11374 18325 29214

Interst'l Slip Gas velocity velocity (m/s) (m/s) 14.32 2.71 14.95 2.84 15.66 2.99 16.39 3.16 ********* Solid friction factor (-) 0.0313 0.0247 0.0192 0.0151

Particle Drag Re coeff't number (-) 14.16 1.6326 14.83 1.5833 15.62 1.5299 16.47 1.4776 HORIZONTALLY Pressure Pressure loss by loss by sol ac'n gas fr'n (Pa) (Pa) 270 455 431 641 717 927 1170 1325

Pipe diameter (mm) 78 63 50 40

Pressure loss by gas ac'n (Pa) 123 134 147 160

Pressure loss by sol fr'n (Pa) 6506 10168 16534 26558

Pipe diameter (mm) 78 63 50 40

********* Solids static head (Pa) 1179 1733 2630 3932

VERTICALLY Gas Friction static losses head (Pa) (Pa) 353 1803 352 2802 352 4565 351 7385

********* Total pressure drop (Pa) 3335 4888 7546 11669

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* BENDS * ** Pressure ** drop in ** bends ** (Pa) ** 6670 ** 9776 ** 15092 ** 23337 **

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TOTAL Gas flow PRESSURE rate DROP (bar) 0.17 0.26 0.41 0.64 (m3/s) 0.068321332 0.046483536 0.030641335 0.020490679

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