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Storage and Feeding Coal Jenike Carson Jenike and Johanson, Inc. No. Billerica, Massachusetts
Storage and Feeding Coal Jenike Carson Jenike and Johanson, Inc. No. Billerica, Massachusetts
A. W . Jenike
J. W . Carson
Jenike and Johanson, Inc.
No. B i l l e r i c a , M a s s a c h u s e t t s
ABSTRACT
HISTORICAL
FEEDING
Consider c o a l being f e d from a s t o r a g e b i n o r hopper t o a p r o c e s s .
The f e e d e r is designed t o f e e d a t a g i v e n r a t e a g a i n s t a g i v e n g a s p r e s s u r e .
But, f o r t h e f e e d e r t o o p e r a t e , c o a l must flow from t h e hopper i n t o t h e
f e e d e r uniformly a t t h e g i v e n r a t e . To a s s u r e such f l o w i t i s n e c e s s a r y
that: (a) t h e hopper l e a d i n g t o t h e f e e d e r be s u f f i c i e n t l y s t e e p and
smooth, @) t h e i n l e t a r e a i n t o t h e f e e d e r be s u f f i c i e n t l y l a r g e , and
( c ) t h e i n l e t a r e a be f u l l y l i v e and e f f e c t i v e . These c o n d i t i o n s a r e
r a r e l y s a t i s f i e d u n l e s s t h e b i n and f e e d e r have been designed on t h e
b a s i s of t h e flow t h e o r y s u p p o r t e d by measurements of t h e f l o w p r o p e r t i e s
of t h e used c o a l s .
Fig. 1 MassFlowBin
f i r s t -in,
last - o u t ,
segregates,
rdtholes,
flushes.