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PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION
• Average particle size can be estimated by
various ways they are
1. Volume Surface Mean Diameter
2. Arithmetic Mean Diameter
3. Mass Mean Diameter
4. Volume Mean Diameter
5. Surface Mean Diameter
6. Linear Mean Diameter.
ANALYTICAL REPRESENTATION FOR
PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION
Volume Surface Mean Diameter Most Probably we make use of it, denoted by Ds
By Differential Analysis : By Cummulative Analysis :
1 1
DS n x
D S 1 x
i
0 D
i
i 1 D pi p
n
Arithmetic Mean Diameter
N i D pi
DN i 1
NT
n
DW x i D pi
Mass Mean Diameter
i 1
1/3
1
Volume Mean Diameter DV n
xi
i 1 D pi
n
xi
n
xi
Surface Mean Diameter i 1 D n D pi2
D s| Linear Mean Diameter i 1
n
xi D |
L n
xi
i 1 D 3pi
i 1 D 3pi
1.2 DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES OF SIZE ANALYSIS
• DIFFERENTIAL SCREEN ANALYSIS
• CUMMULATIVE SCREEN ANALYSIS
1.2.1 DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSIS
• The particles on any one screen are passed by
the screen immediately ahead of it, two numbers
are needed to specify the size range of an
increment.
• The screen through which the particle passing
fraction and the other on which it is retained
• Eg. 14/20 Mesh means passes through 14 mesh
and retained on 20 mesh.
•Assumption: All particles in a single fraction are
equal in size.
1.2.1 TABLE FOR DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSIS
Total mass Σ ∆φn / Dn
1.2.2 CUMMULATIVE ANALYSIS
• Cummulative analysis is obtained from
differential analysis.
• By adding cummulatively the individual
differential increments starting with that
retained on the smallest mesh and totaled for
plotting the cummulative sums (φn) against
the inverse of the particle diameter for each
and every screen in the stack.
1.2.1 TABLE FOR CUMMULATIVE ANALYSIS
Total mass
1.2.2 CUMMULATIVE ANALYSIS
Average particle size by cummulative screen
analysis is the graphical integration of
1/Dp Vs φn.
Since there is no assumption made in this
analysis. This is more accurate than
differential analysis but its laborious one.
COMPARISION
DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSIS CUMMULATIVE ANALYSIS
Size estimated by tabular Size estimated by using
form graph
Assumption made in this No assumption were made,
analysis that all particles so that size estimated by
retained in that increment that is more accurate than
will have the same size. differential analysis
Easy to carry out Laborious one
DIFFRENTIAL ANALYSIS CUMMULATIVE ANALYSIS
PROBLEM
Find the volume surface mean diameter by both
differential and cummulative analysis from the
given data
Mesh No. Screen Opening Mass fraction
(Dpi) mm
4.699
4/6 3.327 0.031
6/8 2.362 0.103
8/10 1.651 0.200
10/14 1.168 0.186
14/20 0.833 0.152
Mesh No. Screen Opening Mass fraction
(Dpi) mm
20/28 0.589 0.120
28/35 0.417 0.095
35/48 0.295 0.065
48/65 0.208 0.043
‐65 0.208 0.005
Solution:
Volume surface mean diameter by
Differential and Cummulative analysis
By Differential Analysis
Mesh No. Screen Opening Mass fraction Dpi mm ∆φn / Dn
(Dpi) mm
4.699
4/6 3.327 0.031 4.013 0.008
6/8 2.362 0.103 2.845 0.036
8/10 1.651 0.200 2.007 0.100
10/14 1.168 0.186 1.410 0.132
14/20 0.833 0.152 1.001 0.152
20/28 0.589 0.120 0.711 0.169
28/35 0.417 0.095 0.503 0.189
35/48 0.295 0.065 0.356 0.183
48/65 0.208 0.043 0.252 0.171
‐65 0.208 0.005 0.208 0.024
1.164 = Σ ∆φn / Dn
By Cummulative Analysis
Mesh No. Screen Opening Mass fraction φn 1/ Dpi mm ‐1
(Dpi) mm
4.699
4/6 3.327 0.031 0.031 0.213
6/8 2.362 0.103 0.134 0.301
8/10 1.651 0.200 0.334 0.423
10/14 1.168 0.186 0.520 0.606
14/20 0.833 0.152 0.672 0.856
20/28 0.589 0.120 0.792 1.2
28/35 0.417 0.095 0.887 1.698
35/48 0.295 0.065 0.952 2.398
48/65 0.208 0.043 0.995 3.398
‐65 0.208 0.005 1.000 4.808
Volume Surface Mean Diameter
By
Differential Analysis
Ds = 1/Σ ∆φn / Dn = 1/1.164 = 0.86 mm
By
Cummulative Analysis
Number of boxes under the curve is = 23
Ds = 23 x x axis x y axis scale factors = 23 x 0.1 x 0.5 =
1.15 mm ‐1
Ds = 1/φn / Dp = 1/1.15 = 0.87 mm