Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Midterm Test
Student ID :
Instructions to Candidates :
Question 1 /45
Question 2 /30
1
UEMK 3223 Particle Technology
Q1. (a) A particle of 2 mm in diameter and density of 2500 kg/m3 is settling in a stagnant
fluid in the Stokes’ flow regime. Determine the following:
(i) the viscosity of the fluid if the fluid density is 1000 kg/m3 and the particle
falls at a terminal velocity of 4 mm/s. (3 marks)
(b) 1.1 g of a powder of particle density 1800 kg/m3 are charged into the cell of an
apparatus for measurement of particle size and specific surface area by
permeametry. The cylindrical cell has a diameter of 1.2 cm and the powder forms
a bed of depth 1 cm. Dry air of density 1.2 kg/m3 and viscosity 18.4 ×10-6 Pa.s
flows at a rate of 25 cm3/min through the powder (in a direction parallel to the
axis of the cylindrical cell) and producing a pressure difference of 160 mm of
water across the bed. Assume that the pressure drop-flow relationship for this
packed bed of powder is described by the Carman-Kozeny equation.
(i) Determine the surface-volume mean diameter and the specific surface of
the powder sample. (11 marks)
(c) In the settling of a rigid spherical particle falling under gravity through a fluid,
show that in the Stokes’ law region the terminal velocity is: (8
marks)
2
UEMK 3223 Particle Technology
Q1. (Continued)
(i) the velocity of the interface between clear liquid and a suspension of
concentration, 0.12 m3/m3. (2 marks)
(ii) the velocity of the interface between clear liquid and a suspension of
concentration, 0.2 m3/m3. (4 marks)
(v) the velocity at which the sediment propagates upwards from the base.
(2 marks)
3
UEMK 3223 Particle Technology
Q2 (a) A mud slurry is draining from the bottom of a large tank through a 1 m long
vertical
pipe with a 1 cm inside diameter. The open end of the pipe is 4 m below the level
in the tank. The mud behaves as a Bingham plastic with a yield stress of 10 N/m2,
an apparent viscosity of 0.04 kg/(m.s), and a density of 1500 kg/m3. Determine
the velocity of the mud slurry drain from the hose. (14
marks)
_______________________________________
4
UEMK 3223 Particle Technology
APPENDIX: FORMULA SHEET
Carmen-Kozeny equation
Drag coefficient
Reynolds number
Terminal velocity
Concentration
Drag force
Modified Bernoulli equation
5
UEMK 3223 Particle Technology
Hinkle’s correlation for the superficial
velocities of particles
6
UEMK 3223 Particle Technology