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PNEUMATIC CONVEYING (dilute phase)
Solids mass flow rate:
800 kg/h
Mean particle size:
80 micron
Density of gas:
1.2 kg/m^3
Density of solids:
2500 kg/m^3
Vertical distance:
30 m
Horizontal distance:
15 m
Number of 90' bends:
8
Gas viscosity:
0.0000184 Pa.s
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Solids mass flow rate:
0.2222222 kg/s
Mean particle size:
0.00008 m
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Pipe
diameter
(mm)
78
63
50
40
Pipe
diameter

Saltation
velocity

Superf'l
gas vel.

Solid
velocity

Solids
flux

(m/s)

(m/s)

(m/s)

(kg/m^2s) (-)
46.51
0.9984
71.29
0.9976
113.18
0.9964
176.84
0.9947

9.53
9.94
10.40
10.87

14.30
14.91
15.60
16.30

11.61
12.10
12.67
13.23

78
63
50
40

Interst'l
Slip
Gas
velocity
velocity
(m/s)
(m/s)
14.32
2.71
14.95
2.84
15.66
2.99
16.39
3.16

Particle
Drag
Re
coeff't
number
(-)
14.16
1.6326
14.83
1.5833
15.62
1.5299
16.47
1.4776

78
63
50
40

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Solid
friction
factor
(-)
0.0313
0.0247
0.0192
0.0151

HORIZONTALLY
Pressure
Pressure
loss by
loss by
sol ac'n
gas fr'n
(Pa)
(Pa)
270
455
431
641
717
927
1170
1325

(mm)

Pipe
diameter
(mm)

Pressure
loss by
gas ac'n
(Pa)
123
134
147
160

Porosity

Flow
Reynolds
number
(-)
72840.962
61404.508
51063.421
42760.323

Gas
friction
factor
(-)
0.0048209
0.0050312
0.0052686
0.0055076

Pressure
loss by
sol fr'n
(Pa)
6506
10168
16534
26558

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Total
Pressure
drop
(Pa)
7355
11374
18325
29214

Pipe
diameter
(mm)
78
63
50
40

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Solids
static
head
(Pa)
1179
1733
2630
3932

VERTICALLY
Gas
Friction
static
losses
head
(Pa)
(Pa)
353
1803
352
2802
352
4565
351
7385

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Total
pressure
drop
(Pa)
3335
4888
7546
11669

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**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**

* BENDS * **
Pressure
**
drop in
**
bends
**
(Pa)
**
6670 **
9776 **
15092 **
23337 **

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TOTAL
Gas flow
PRESSURE rate
DROP
(bar)
0.17
0.26
0.41
0.64

(m3/s)
0.0683213322
0.0464835359
0.0306413346
0.0204906787