30 PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS

rs 108 Sizing Air Lifts

Sr. No. Item Symbol Unit Equation

airlift vessels
1 mm 800, 1250, 1600
standard diameters
conveying pipes
50-200 mm
800 mm dia vessel
2 200-400 mm
1250 mm
400-600 mm
1600 mm
Table1
min. height of H=height of vessel
vessel
H
3 factor depending H=fh × Pa/100 × y Pipe dia
fh fh
on diameter of mm
conveying pipe. See Table 1
100 2.4
200 2.2
to height arrived at by this equation additional 0.3-0.5 m should be added
for room for venting 300 2
400 1.8

Back pressure not

4 Pa millibar Pa = (H' + v2/2g) × Ya/10
including friction loss
H'=conveying ht

to the
two the vertical
verticalheight
height
should be added
should added
5m +
5m + 1m
1m
horizontal distance
5 Conveying height H' m horizontal distance
1, 90oobend, = 3m
1, 180 o bend = 5m
1, 180 bend = 5m
11diverging
diverging valve
valve ==3m
3m
11 splitter
splitter = 3m
3m
material tph
6 Mixing ratio l’ l= See Table 2
airflow m3 /hr
Table 2
Mixing ratios I
Pipe dia Total conveying height in metres
mm 20 m 20-50m >50m
<200 I = 1/40 I = 1/40 I = 1/60
200-400 I = 1/30 I = 1/40 I = 1/50
>400 I = 1/20-25 I = 30-35 I = 1/40-45

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 30 PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS

rs 108 Sizing Air Lifts

Sr. No. Item Symbol Unit Equation

Bulk density of
Ya = wt of (air + material)/vol. of
7 Air and material Ya
(air + material)
Mixture cveyed
3
y = 0.7 t/m for raw meal;
8 bulk density of material conveyed y t/m3
and 1.0 for cement

preferred values 18-20 m/sec

9 velocity in pipe v m/sec
See table 3
10 Back pressure including friction loss Pl use multiplying factors in table 4
11 Pressure of blower to be installed Pb use multiplying factors in table 5

Table 3 Table 4

Base velocity in pipe 18 m/sec. For velocities Multiply Pa by

below 18 m/sec. Use multiplying factor as per dia. of
table below for minimum height of vessel factor
pipe mm
v
factor f1 100 2.7
m/sec.
150 2.2
18 and more 1 200 1.9
17 1.18
300 1.6
16 1.27
400 1.35
15 1.4 500 1.2
14 1.57
600 1.1

Table 5

Multiply Pa to arrive at
Pressure of blower to be installed by
dia. of
factor
pipe mm
100 4
150 3.5
200 3
300 2.8
400 2.6
500 2.4
600 2.2

Source : CPAG Manual

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