<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present paper is a theoretical study aiming for to assess the influence of the different factors such as deviation from the spherical form of a particle, specific mass load of the pneumatic conveying pipe and the report between the particle diameter and the pipe diameter, over the floating speed of a particle. For a non-spherical particle, the Magnus force is affecting the floating speed of the given particle by increasing or decreasing it. The equation deducted within the present study, describes the movement of a particle or a fluid swirl under the resultant force with emphasis on the evaluation of the nature and magnitude of the Magnus force. The same Magnus Force explains the movement of the swirls in fluids, as for the wind swirls (hurricane) or water swirls. The next part of the study relate the report between the particle diameter and the pipe diameter as well as the specific loads of the pipe, to the same floating speed. A differentiation in denominating the floating speed is proposed as well as that for the non-spherical particle the floating speed should be a domain, rather than a single value.</p></abstract>

The present paper is a theoretical study aiming for to assess the influence of the different factors such as deviation from the spherical form of a particle, specific mass load of the pneumatic conveying pipe and the report between the particle diameter and the pipe diameter, over the floating speed of a particle. For a non-spherical particle, the Magnus force is affecting the floating speed of the given particle by increasing or decreasing it. The equation deducted within the present study, describes the movement of a particle or a fluid swirl under the resultant force with emphasis on the evaluation of the nature and magnitude of the Magnus force. The same Magnus Force explains the movement of the swirls in fluids, as for the wind swirls (hurricane) or water swirls. The next part of the study relate the report between the particle diameter and the pipe diameter as well as the specific loads of the pipe, to the same floating speed. A differentiation in denominating the floating speed is proposed as well as that for the non-spherical particle the floating speed should be a domain, rather than a single value.

Considerations over the floating speed of a particle in vacuum pneumatic conveying sytems in flour milling

Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis. Series E: Food Technology

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The present paper is a theoretical study aiming for to assess the influence of the different factors such as deviation from the spherical form of a particle,...

Considerations over the floating speed of a particle in vacuum pneumatic conveying sytems in flour milling

Publicado en línea: 18 jun 2016

Páginas: 65 - 76

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucft-2016-0005

Palabras clave
floating speed, pneumatic conveying, dilute phase

© 2016 Lucian Blaga University, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Considerations over the floating speed of a particle in vacuum pneumatic conveying sytems in flour milling

Publicado en línea: 18 jun 2016

Páginas: 65 - 76

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucft-2016-0005

Palabras clavefloating speed, pneumatic conveying, dilute phase

© 2016 Lucian Blaga University, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
floating speed, pneumatic conveying, dilute phase