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Science and Technology

Faculty of Engineering and Technology

Module code: CHEE220 Module Title: Unit Operations I

Due Date: 29th July 2020 Cut off Time: 1400hrs

 Work in pairs
 Recommended materials: Use any relevant material on Unit Operations including class notes
and:
o Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles, 4th Edition by Christie John
Geankoplis, Allen H. Hersel and Daniel H. Lepek, published by Prentice Hall
International Series in the Physical and Chemical Engineering Sciences
o Coulson and Richardson Chemical Engineering Volume 2, 5th Edition by J. R.
Backhurst, J. H. Harker and J. F. Richardson, published by Butterworth Heinemann.
o Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 5th Edition by warren L. Mcabe, Julian E.
Smith and Peter Harriot, published by Mcgraw-Hill.

QUESTION 1 (35 marks)

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1.1 Explain size reduction in your own words [2]

1.2 What are the purposes of size reduction? List five (5) [5]
1.3 List four (4) advantages and disadvantages (each) of size redution [8]
1.4 Discuss four (4) factors that affect the material size reduction process? [8]
1.5 With the aid of diagrams, discuss the mechanisms of size reduction [12]

QUESTION 2 (35 Marks)

2.1 Discuss with the aid of diagrams any three (3) particle size reduction equipment [30]
2.2 Discuss the stages of size reduction for a sample of run of mine [5]

QUESTION 3 (55 Marks)

3.1 With the aid of equations, state your understanding of crushing efficiency. [10]
3.2 Theories or laws to predict the power required to crush materials depend on the energy required to
produce a change in particle size. Discuss the following laws/theories (with equations) on predicting the
energy required to cause particle size reduction:
 Bond’s law
 Rittinger’s law
 Kick’s law
[45]
QUESTION 4 (25Marks)
Having discussed the laws in the previous question, attempt the following problem:
A material is crushed in a blake jaw crusher such that the average particle is reduced from 65mm to
15mm with consumption of energy of 15kW/ (kg /s). What would be the consumption of energy needed
to crush the same material of average size 75mm to an average size of 25mm:
4.1 Assuming Rittinger’s law applies [10]
4.2 Assuming Kick’s law applies [10]
4.3 Which of the results can be regarded as more reliable and why? [5]

TOTAL MARKS 150