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15 Pneumatic Conveying
15 Pneumatic Conveying
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Inputs
Conveying Fluid US Units
Conveying gas Air
Temperature F 70 C
Assumed supply psia 24.1 kPa
Discharge pressure psia 14.7 kPa
Minimum velocity ft/s 40 m/s
Solids
Solids rate lb/h 1,800 kg/h
Mean particle diameter ft 0.00025 m
Mass loading ratio 5
Slip factor 0.8
Solids friction factor 0.02
Solids density lb/ft3 155 kg/m3
Pipeline
Horizontal lengths ft 100 m
Vertical - up ft 30 m
Vertical - down ft - m
Hose ft - m
Divert valves -
Bends 2
Intermediate Values
Temperature K 294 K
Molecular weight 29.0
Viscosity cP 0.01842 mPa-s
Density lb/ft3 0.122 kg/m3
Gas flow rate lb/h 360 kg/h
Pipe
Nominal diameter in 1.50 DN
Inside diameter in 1.500 mm
Roughness ft 0.00050 m
Calculations - Output
Gas Pressure Drop
Reynolds number #VALUE!
Friction factor #VALUE!
Calc'd discharge P psia #VALUE! #VALUE! kPa
Gas pressure drop psi #VALUE! kPa
Solids Acceleration
Acceleration pressure psi 0.47 kPa
Conveying Solids
Solids conveyance psi 6.08 kPa
Lifting through vertical psi 0.16 kPa
Through elbows psi 0.35 kPa
816
0.00008
5
0.8
0.02
2,483
30.5
9.1
-
-
-
2
288
29.0
0.01812
1.23
163
62.02
50
49.25
0.0001524
19
52
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
1.84
18.52
0.69
1.38
#VALUE!
Conveying Fluids
Name MW C To muo
Air 29 120 291.15 0.00001827
Nitrogen 28.013 111 300.55 0.00001781
1
2
40 80
0.068 0.095
0.088 0.119
0.091 0.126
0.109 0.147
0.113 0.154
0.133 0.179
0.145 0.200
0.154 0.218
0.216 0.300
0.237 0.337
0.280 0.432
0.322 0.500
0.365 0.594
0.406 0.688
0.438 0.750
0.500 0.844
0.562 0.938
0.594 1.031
0.688 1.219
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