Problem 22.8 & 22.

9 Foust
Group 7 - 5 ChE C
Lorenzo, Annela Jade
Narciso, Fiona
Navarrete, Adriel
Rivera, Alyssa
Simbulan, Rose Diane
 Problem 22.8 Foust
(Navarrete, Lorenzo)
A mixture of galena and silica is to be
elutriated by a carbon tetrachloride
stream flowing at a velocity of 0.1
m/s and a temperature of 25°C. The
solid feed analyses 30 weight percent
galena, and a screen analysis is
indicated in the following table.
 Elutriation
Elutriation is a process for separating particles
based on their size, shape and density, using a
stream of gas or liquid flowing in a direction
usually opposite to the direction of
sedimentation. This method is mainly used for
particles smaller than 1 μm. The smaller or
lighter particles rise to the top (overflow)
because their terminal sedimentation velocities
are lower than the velocity of the rising fluid.
Particle Diameter, Weight
microns Percentage of
If the size distribution
Undersize given applies for both
20 33 components in the feed,
30 53 what fraction of the
40 67
galena fed is in the
50 77
60 83
overhead and bottom
70 88 products, and what is the
80 91 weight fraction (dry
90 93 basis) of galena in these
100 94.5 products?

Galena specific gravity = 7.5

Silica specific gravity = 2.55
 Given
Overhead: Galena Feed: Galena
Silica Silica

ρgalena = 7500 kg/m3

ρsilica = 2650 kg/m3
Carbon Tetrachloride at 25°C:
ρ = 1590 kg/m3
μ = 0.912 x 10-3 Pa·s

Feed: Galena Carbon Tetrachloride (CCl4)

 Solution
Assume: Free Settling

Stoke’s Law: Intermediate:

Dp = 0.0001683 m = 168.3 μm
 Solution
Newton’s Range:
Interpolate from the given table:
Solution

Overhead: Silica = 70kg

Underhead: Silica = 0

%weight: Overhead

Galena = 28.56%

Silica = 71.44%
 Problem 22.9 Foust
(Narciso, Rivera, Simbulan)
A gravity settling tank is to be used to clean
wastewater from an oil refinery. The waste stream
contains 1% oil by volume (s.p of oil=0.87) as small
drops ranging in size between 10 and 500 microns.
The tank is rectangular and measures 3m wide and
2m deep. Provision is made at the discharge end for
the clean water to be continuously removed from
the bottom of the tank. Periodic skimming of the
liquid surface at the discharge end removes the
accumulated oil. If 6.3 m3/s of wastewater is to be
processed, how long must the settling tank be?
Gravity Settling Tanks
Also referred as ‘SEDIMENTATION TANKS’.

Settling- process by which particulates settle to

the bottom of a liquid and form a sediment.

Gravity settling- the particles will tend to fall to

the bottom of the vessel, forming a slurry at the
vessel base.
 Inlet
Q= 6.3m3/s

L=?
Outlet
W= 3m 1% oil by volume
specific gravity=0.87
10-500 microns
Dp=255 x10-6m
H= 2m

870𝑘𝑔
𝜌𝑝 =
𝑚3
1000𝑘𝑔
ρ=
𝑚3
𝜇 = 1𝑐𝑝 = 1𝑥10−3 𝑃𝑎. 𝑠
𝜀 = 0.01
 𝑄
𝑢𝑡 = 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐿 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ
𝐴
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐴 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 𝑊 ∗ 𝐻 2 + 𝐻 ∗ 𝐿 2 + (𝑊 ∗ 𝐿)

for Stokes’ Law range

𝑎𝑒 𝐷𝑝2 𝜌𝑝 − 𝜌 9.81 255𝑥10−6 2 870 − 1000

𝑢𝑡 = =
18𝜇 18(1𝑥10−3 )
−3
𝑚
= 4.61𝑥10
𝑠
𝑄 6.3
𝐴= = −3
= 1366.59𝑚
𝑢𝑡 4.61𝑥10
𝐴 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 𝑊 ∗ 𝐻 2 + 𝐻 ∗ 𝐿 2 + 𝑊 ∗ 𝐿
1366.59 = 3 ∗ 2 2 + 2 ∗ 𝐿 2 + 3 ∗ 𝐿
𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐿
𝐿 = 193.51𝑚
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