2.1.

A material is crushed in a Blake jaw crusher such that the average size of particle is reduced
from 50 mm to 10 mm, with the consumption of energy of 13.0 kW/(kg/s). What will be the
consumption of energy needed to crush the same material of average size 75 mm to average size
of 25 mm:
(a) Assuming Rittingers Law applies,
(b) assuming Kicks Law applies?
Which of these results would be regarded as being more reliable and why?

2.2 A crusher reducing limestone of crushing strength 70 MN/m2 from 6 mm diameter average
size to 0.1 mm diameter average size, requires 9 kW. The same machine is used to crush
dolomite at the same output from 6 mm diameter average size to a product consisting of 0.085
mm. Estimate the power required, assuming that the crushing strength of the dolomite is 100
MN/m2 and that crushing follows Rittingers Law.
Apply the next relation, where fc is the crushing strength for tow reductions.

2.3 Power of 3 kW is supplied to a machine crushing material at the rate of 0.3 kg/s from 12.5
mm cubes to a product having the following size: 2.25 mm. What power should be supplied to
this machine to crush 0.3 kg/s of the same material from 7.5 mm cube to 0.2 mm cube?.
a) Assuming Bonds Law applies,