Fundamentals, Operation Principles and Equipment of Pneumatic Conveying

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Fundamentals, Operation Principles

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Fundamentals, Operation Principles and Equipment

of Pneumatic Conveying
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Classification of Pneumatic Conveying Systems
3. State Diagram

4. Equipments
5. Summary
6. References

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Introduction
Moving objects with air
Vacuum -Pulls
System pressure is less than atmospheric
Vacuum Cleaner
Drinking Straw
Pressure -Push
System pressure is greater than atmospheric
Leaf Blower
Garden Hose
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What Can Be Conveyed?

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What Constitutes a Pneumatic

Conveying System?

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The Prime Mover

Feeding, Mixing and Acceleration Zone
The Conveying Zone
GasSolids Separation Zone

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Modes of Pneumatic Conveying

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Flow patterns
in a horizontal conveying pipe

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Basic Pneumatic Conveying Systems

Positive Pressure System
Negative Pressure Systems
Combined NegativePositive Pressure
Systems
Closed Loop System

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Positive pressure system

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Negative pressure systems

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Conveying negativepositive pressure

systems

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Closed loop system

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Classification by Solid Feeder

Type
Controlled feed systems
Non-controlled feed system

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Operation of a Pneumatic
Conveying System
State diagram for horizontal conveying

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Typical system layout

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http://www.process-systems.com.au/Pss18.html

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Food Conveying System

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Loading Unloading by Pneumatic Conveying

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Companies in Pneumatic Conveying

Govoni Sim Bianca Impianti (Italy)
Coperion Waeschle (Germany)
Zeppelin ZSA (Germany)
Dynamic Air (USA)
Telschig
Mecawber Engineering Systems India

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Advantages

Disadvantages

Dust-free transportationFlow types

High power consumption

Flexibility in routingFlow Problems

Wear and abrasion of equipment

Distribution to many different areas

Incorrect design can result in

Low maintenance and low

manpower costs

Multiple use

Security

Ease of automation and control

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particle degradation

Limited distance

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Summary
Dilute phase systems constitute the most
widely used of all pneumatic conveying
systems
For effective dilute phase operation velocity
should be slightly greater than saltation
velocity.
To increase solid feed rate, it is necessary to
increase the conveying velocity.

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References

G.E. Klinzing , F. Rizk , R. Marcus , L.S.

Leung, Pneumatic Conveying
of Solids, Third Edition, (2009), Springer,
Dordrecht Heidelberg New York
http://www.processsystems.com.au/Pss18.html
http://www.zeppelin-industry.de

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..Many thanks for your attention..

Questions?

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..Additional figures for the discussion..

Flow phases for
fine particle
suspensions:
(a) fully suspended,
stable;
(b) surging, unstable;
(c) saltation point
stationary
bed, stable; (d) moving
bed,
very unstable; (e)
stationary
bed, stable

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Minimum safe air velocity in vertical horizontal lines for materials with
different bulk densities and sizes
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Comparison of velocities in pressure and vacuum systems

for materials with different bulk densities

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