Training Program on

POLDOS system
Topics
1. System
Description
2. Principle of
operation
3. Components
4. Function
5. Controls
6. Maintenance
7. Safety
precautions
 System Description
• The POLDOS flow regulation conveyor is a
device for proportioned, continuous
conveying of fine-grained bulk materials
through horizontal and vertical piping.
• Conveying occurs pneumatically and is
based on the principle of thin flow
• In the standard design, the Poldos
proportioning feeder is suitable for
pulverulent to gritty materials at
temperatures up to 80 deg c.
• Bulk material conveying rate can be varied
within wide limits.
• A high degree of proportioning precision is
achieved over the whole operating range.
• Precise proportioning is based on good
servo behavior and the mathematically
precise calibration process.
 POLDOS
Principle of Operation
• Pneumatic conveying systems have three
basic forms of operation, dense phase,
medium phase and lean phase (also known
as dilute phase). The method of lean phase
pneumatic conveying has been used from
the beginning of pneumatic conveying. With
lean phase conveying the ratio of conveying
product to conveying air is low. In most
cases the operating pressure of a lean phase
conveying system is under one bar.
• In dilute phase conveying, particles are fully
suspended in the conveying air and
transported at low pressure and high
velocity.
• Dilute phase pressure conveying is one of
the most common conveying methods for
powders or granules.
 Principle of Operation
• The material is being conveyed in a
continuous manner, and is not accumulating
on the bottom of the conveying line at any
point.
• For Lean phase conveying, a relatively high
conveying air velocity must be maintained.
The typical velocity of dilute phase systems is
in the range of 5,000 ft./min. to 8,000
ft./min. It’s not a constant velocity, though;
there’s a pick-up velocity at the beginning of
the conveying and a terminal velocity at the
end, as well as acceleration throughout the
length of the line.
 Components

1. Pressure Vessel
2. Three suspension fittings for
load cell mounting.
3. Pipe Work
4. Required instrumentation items
5. Control Air supply Units
1. Pressure Vessel Consists of

1.Conveying vessel
2.Storage vessel
3.Raiser Pipe
4.Vent Pipe for Storage vessel
5.Material Inlet
6.Convey Air inlet
7.Aeration Air inlet
8.Aeration Floor
9.Suspension Bracket
10.Upper perforated plate
11.Fabric
2. Suspension arrangement
consists of
1.Anchorage level
2.Suspension arrangement
3.Upper retainer
4.Load cell
3. Pipes and fittings Consists of

1.Storage vessel venting

connecting tube
2.Convey vessel venting
connecting tube
3.Material inlet connecting tube
4.Riser pipe connecting tube
5.Floor aeration air connection
tube
6.Convey air connection tube
7.Flexible joints
8.NRV for convey air
9.Nozzle for convey air
4. Instrumentation items Consists
of

1.Control Valve
2.Position Controller
3.Actuator
4.Material Inlet shut off gate
5.Top Pressure measuring
transducer
6.Convey Pressure measuring
transducer
7.Filling weight level switch
8.Load cell measuring amplifier
9.Butterfly valve for convey air
venting
10.Control panel with HMI
5. Control Air supply consists of

1.Solenoid valves
2.Pressure switch
3.Control air supply
Air Requirement for Total
POLDOS Operation

1.Convey Air 0.6 Bar

2.Aeration Air 0.4 Bar
3.Control Air 6.0 Bar
4.Bag Filter Air 10.0 Bar Max
 Main Functional
Description of the control
system
1. Weighing of POLDOS system
2. Control of filling weight
3. Monitoring preset weight limits
4. Computation of actual
throughput value from
characteristic curve
5. Throughput control according to
set point
6. Control of shut off flaps
7. Control with poldos operator
panel