Pneumatic Conveying System Design Calculation

Input Parameters Unit Value

Client
Project & Project No.
Material Fly Ash
Conveying Capacity TPH 80
Total Pressure Drop in System kg/cm2 3.31364424437778
Air Volume Required m3/hr 827.1315

Symbol Parameter SI Unit Value FPS Unit Value

Vg Gas Velocity m/sec 13 fps 42.650833333
Pg Gas Density kg/m3 1.201 lbs/ft3 0.0749759812
W Solids Mass Velocity or solid line loading kg/sec.m2 1257.357506 lbs/sec.ft2 257.52711555
Vp Particle Velocity m/sec 10.4 fps 34.120666667
f Fanning Friction Factor 0.00592 0.00592
L Length of Pipeline (equivalent length) m 60 feet 196.8503937
D Pipeline Inside Diameter m 0.15 feet 0.4921259843
fp Solids Friction Factor 1.2 1.2
g Acceleration due to gravity m/sec2 9.81 ft/sec2 32.18503937
Q Gas mass flow rate kg/h 993.3849315 lbs/h 2190.0388923
Constant depending upon solids physical
K and frictional properties (Friction
Multiplier for the solids) 4 4
R Solid Loadiing Ratio 80.53272952 80.532890045

Pressure drop due to acceleration of the

ΔPACC solids from their "at rest" condition at kg/cm2 0.133297573 psi 1.8959371426
the pick-up point to their conveying
velocity up to their exit from the
conveying system

ΔPg Pressure drop of gas due to frictional kg/cm2 0.00979875 psi 0.139370981
losses between the gas and the pipe wall
ΔPs Pressure drop of solids thrugh pipeline kg/cm2 3.15648653 44.895791538
ΔHg Pressure drop due to elevation of gas in kg/cm2
vertical pipe line 0 psi
ΔHs Pressure drop due to elevation of solids kg/cm2
in vertical pipe lien 0 psi
ΔPmisc Pressure drop due to misc. equipment kg/cm2 0.014061392 psi 0.2
ΔZ Elevation of solids/gas m feet
gc Constant m-kg/kg-sec2 9.806
Z Elevation change in conveying line m feet
NRe Reynold's Number 124170.4793
µg Gas viscosity kg/m-sec 1.886076E-05
Ɛ Pipe Roughness Factor 0.0005 0.0005
m Solids Conveying capacity kg/sec 22.22222222 lbs/sec 48.991613822
A Cross sectional area of pipe m2 0.01767375 ft2 0.1902386617
ΔPT Total pressure drop kg/cm2 3.313644244 psi 47.131099661
Q Gas Volume flow rate m3/hr 827.1315 FPM 486.83121768
Problem Statement:
Estimate the pressure drop for dilute phase pneumatic conveying

Symbol Parameter Value Unit

Type of Conveying System
Material to be conveyed
W Solids Conveying Rate 4535 kg/hr
Pipeline material
L Conveying line configuration
D pipe inside diameter 0.1 m
A Cross Sectional Area of Pipe 0.007855 m2
gas used for conveying Ambient Air
T gas inlet temperature 25 C
Pg inlet gas density 1.2 kg/m3
Vg Gas velocity at inlet of conveying system 20 m/sec
Vp solids velocity 16 m/sec
gas mass flow rate 678.672 kg/hr
R solids to gas mass flow rate 6.6821675272
K Solids friction factor 1.2
Ɛ pipeline roughness factor 0.0005
f fanning friction factor 0.00592
Pipe Line Sections Data

Section No. Pipe Line Orientation Length in M Inside dia (m) Section Eq. Cumulative
Component Length Eq. Length

1 Pipe Horizontal 10 0.1 10 10

2 90° Bend Horizontal
to Vertical 0.1 20 30
3 Pipe Vertical 40 0 40 70
Vertical to
90° Bend
4 Horizontal 0.1 20 90
5 pipe horizontal 10 0.1 10 100
 Pressure drop in each section, kg/cm2

Section No.
Due to Solids Due to Flow Due to Due to Due to Total
Due to Flow Acceleration of Solids Elevation of Elevation of Misc. Pressure
of Gas (ΔPg)
(ΔPACC) (ΔPs) Gas (ΔHg) Solids (ΔHs) (ΔPmisc) drop (ΔPT)

1 0.00979875 0.1332975731 3.15648653 0 0 0 3.299583

2
3
4
5
 Outlet Outlet
Gas Inlet Gas Inlet Outlet Inlet Gas
Gas Gas
Temp. Density Pressure Pressure Velocity
Density Velocity

Degrees C Kg/m3 Kg/m3 kg/cm2 Kg/cm2 m/sec m/sec

25 1.2 -978.901 1.033 -2.266583 20 -0.024517