Pneumatic Conveying System Design (Advanced Course)

The ultimate aim is to share the most up-to-date knowledge on how to obtain pipeline designs that work reliably, delivering the required throughput without unplanned maintenance and undesired impact on the quality of the powder being handled.

Subjects covered:

• Lean versus dense phase – relative advantages in practical application, and applicability to different materials;
• A detailed look at obtaining conveying information for the material to be handled, and how to scale this up for pipeline design;
• Different equations for predicting pipeline pressure drop and throughput;
• Stepped bore pipelines – how they enhance system performance and reduce problems, and how to design them;
• Differences in powder behaviour;
• A detailed look at bends; radius, pressure drop, wear, particle damage and material build-up;
• Air humidity effects – psychrometry and moisture calculations, and controlling interaction or airborne moisture with the powder;
• Practical details – choice of coupling systems, pipe specification systems etc;

Course fee: £825 per delegate or £1260 if joined to Rotary Valves course on 23 September
Venue: Chatham, Kent
Contact: Caroline Chapman Wolfson-enquiries@gre.ac.uk , +44 20 8331 8646
www.bulksolids.com

Program:

Day 1: Introduction / Lean versus dense phase – relative advantages in practical application, and applicability to different materials / A detailed look at obtaining conveying information for the material to be handled, and how to scale this up for pipeline design /

Lunch

Air Velocity, pressure, temperature calculations   / Different equations for predicting pipeline pressure drop and throughput   Stepped bore pipelines – how they enhance system performance and reduce problems, and how to design them / Dense Phase Conveying (Differences in Powder Handling

Day 2: A detailed look at bends; radius, pressure drop, wear, particle damage and material build-up / Air humidity effects – psychrometry and moisture calculations, and controlling interaction of airborne moisture with powder presentation / Predicting and containing particle degradation /

Lunch

Practical details – choice of coupling systems, pipe specification systems, etc / Rotary Valve Introduction and Feature Options