CN3124: Group Project: Pneumatic transport of solid particles

Description

Design a positive pressure dilute-phase pneumatic transport system to transport a given solid
rate (SR) of particles of density 2000 kg/m3 and mean particle size (PS) between two points in
a plant separated by 30 m vertical distance and 20 meter horizontal distance using ambient air.
Assume four 90o bends are required. Need to calculate the air flow rate and total system
pressure drop for different pipe size (25, 40, 50, 63, 75 and 90 mm diameter).

The report should contain a literature review on the use of pneumatic transport for solid
particles in chemical industries.

Solid rates and particle sizes

Solid rate (SR) (kg/h): SR1=400; SR2=450; SR3=550; SR4=600; SR5=650; SR6=700;
SR7=750; SR8=800; SR9=850; SR10=950; SR11=1000; SR12=1050; SR13=1100;
SR14=1150; SR15=1200; SR16=1250

Particle size (PS) (micron): PS1=200; PS2=225; PS3=250; PS4=275; PS5=300

Submission: 08/04/2011
Group specifications

Group PS SR Group PS SR
1 1 1 42 3 10
2 1 2 43 3 11
3 1 3 44 3 12
4 1 4 45 3 13
5 1 5 46 3 14
6 1 6 47 3 15
7 1 7 48 3 16
8 1 8 49 4 1
9 1 9 50 4 2
10 1 10 51 4 3
11 1 11 52 4 4
12 1 12 53 4 5
13 1 13 54 4 6
14 1 14 55 4 7
15 1 15 56 4 8
16 1 16 57 4 9
17 2 1 58 4 10
18 2 2 59 4 11
19 2 3 60 4 12
20 2 4 61 4 13
21 2 5 62 4 14
22 2 6 63 4 15
23 2 7 64 4 16
24 2 8 65 5 1
25 2 9 66 5 2
26 2 10 67 5 3
27 2 11 68 5 4
28 2 12 69 5 5
29 2 13 70 5 6
30 2 14 71 5 7
31 2 15 72 5 8
32 2 16 73 5 9
33 3 1 74 5 10
34 3 2 75 5 11
35 3 3 76 5 12
36 3 4 77 5 13
37 3 5 78 5 14
38 3 6 79 5 15
39 3 7 80 5 16
40 3 8
41 3 9