#2 and #5

Table salt is being fed to a vibrating screen at the rate of 3000 kg/hr. The
desired product is the 48/65 mesh fraction. A -48 + 65-mesh screen are
therefore used, the feed being introduced on the 48 mesh screen, the
product being discharged from the 65-mesh screen. During the
operation it was observed that the average proportion of the oversize:
product: undersize was 2:1 ½:1. Calculate the effectiveness of the
screens. What conclusions can you draw from the values computed
versus the given proportion?

Screen
Mesh Feed Oversize Product Undersize
-10+14 0.0003 0.0008
-14+20 0.0037 0.0082 0.0005
-20+28 0.089 0.0189 0.0155 0.00003
-28+35 0.186 0.389 0.039 0.00012
-35+48 0.258 0.377 0.322 0.0009
-48+65 0.285 0.176 0.526 0.0136
-65+100 0.091 0.025 0.075 0.34935
-100+150 0.062 0.004 0.02 0.299
-150+200 0.025 0.0011 0.002 0.337
1 1 1 1
 F1= 837
F2= 1902
F3= 261

O1= 797.5218
O2= 1105.703
S1= 39.4782 O3= 9.756203
S2= 796.2969 35
S3= 251.2438

P1= 39.42266
P2= 661.5839
100 P3= 15.76906

U1= 0.055536
U2= 134.713
U3= 235.4747

E35 = 0.461457

E 100 = 0.786107
Feed= 3000

UNDESIRED DESIRED UNDESIRED

Streams +35(1) -35+100(2) -100(3) TOTAL
x kg x kg x kg
P 0.055 39.42266 0.923 661.5839 0.022 15.76906 716.7757
O 0.4169 797.5218 0.578 1105.703 0.0051 9.756203 1912.981
U 0.00015 0.055536 0.36385 134.713 0.636 235.4747 370.2433
F 0.279 837 0.634 1902 0.087 261 3000

837 1902 261

O P U F
1 1 1 3000
0.4169 0.055 0.00015 837
0.578 0.923 0.36385 1902
0.0051 0.022 0.636 261

0.089811 2.526893 -0.24788 1912.981 O

-0.68512 -0.96778 1.883364 716.7757 P
1.595306 -1.55911 -1.63549 370.2433 U