Re: Designing A Conveying System For Silica
Dear Mr Yong Tze Shoong,
The submitted information is not sufficient for answering your question.
- horizontal length?
- vertical length?
- vacuum- or pressure system?
- feeder system?
Have a nice day
Teus ■
Teus
Re: Designing A Conveying System For Silica
Dear Mr. Teus,
Thank you for your reply.
The system is as follows:
1) Source of material : bulk bag.
2) My plan is to use a 4" pipe to suck the silica directly from the bulk bag. One worker will manually handle the suction pipe.
3) The pipe goes to a blower. The conveying distance is appoximately 5 meters with 2 long bends.
4) There will be another pipe, 4" as well, to transfer the silica to the destination, which is around 5 meters and 2 long bends as well.
5) The difference in elevation is about + 2 meters.
Thank you,
Regards,
Yong Tze Shoong. ■
Re: Designing A Conveying System For Silica
Dear Mr Yong Tze Shoong,
For a bulk bag unloader, you can f.i. visit:
http://telschig.com/
The installation, which you describe, suggests that the silica is sucked from a bulk bag and passing through a blower.
This will destroy the blower.
In a suction system, there must be a filter receiver system and a way to get the (5 micron) silica out of the vacuum zone.
A rotary valve for 5 micron particles does not seem an option, due to gap leakage and wear.
A blower volume of 0.08 m3/sec (5 m3/sec) could be a start for calculations.
Success
Teus ■
Teus
Designing A Conveying System For Silica
Dear Mr Yong Tze Shoong,
If you have approx. 5 m3/min pressurized air (min 3 bar (g)) available, I would recommend to use an ejector nozzle where a worker sucks manually the silica in and blow (using a hose) the material to te desired destination. It´s the best and also cheapest solution for your problem.
Best regards
Klaus Schneider (KS-Engineering)
(We keep your bulk goods moving!) ■
Designing a Conveying System for Silica
Require advice on designing this conveying system. (silica)
Dear all,
I would appreciate if anyone could provide me with advice on sizing the blower (flow rate / pressure drop, etc.) for the following system.
Material: Silica. Dry and amorphous
Size: < 0.5 microns
Density: 2.3 kg/L
Transport rate: 20 kg/min.
Pipe size: 100 mm (4 inch) - flexible, can adjust.
4 long bend elbows
Thank you,
Regards,
Yong Tze Shoong. ■