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PROBLEMs On Particulate Solids

The document contains 12 problems related to calculating particle size distribution and mean diameters for various particulate solids using data from sieve analysis or number distribution. The problems involve using data tables to calculate volume mean, surface-volume mean, mass mean diameters, total surface area, number of particles, and characteristic shape factors for different particulate materials including black pepper powder, spray dried powder, corn grits, granulated date-palm jaggery, wheat flour, and ground minor millet particles.

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PROBLEMs On Particulate Solids

The document contains 12 problems related to calculating particle size distribution and mean diameters for various particulate solids using data from sieve analysis or number distribution. The problems involve using data tables to calculate volume mean, surface-volume mean, mass mean diameters, total surface area, number of particles, and characteristic shape factors for different particulate materials including black pepper powder, spray dried powder, corn grits, granulated date-palm jaggery, wheat flour, and ground minor millet particles.

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PROBLEM SHEET FOR PARTICULATE SOLIDS

1.

Black pepper powder was prepared in a hammer mill. The product was analyzed
using a set of sieves (vide Table). Calculate volume mean, surface-volume and mass
mean diameters of the particles, total surface area and number of particles if particles
in all fractions have common sphericity 0.85 and volume shape factor as 1.7. Find
out the characteristic shape factor b from the sauter mean diameter value obtained.
Take particle density as 1100 kgm-3.

Screen analysis of black pepper powder prepared with hammer mill


Mesh size
8
10
20
32
42
60
80
Screen opening, 2.362 1.651 0.833 0.495 0.351 0.246 0.175
mm
Mass retained, g
0
0.26
42.16 15.12 10.08 12.6
10.19
2
7
Ans: 0.158 mm; 0.329 mm; 0.7121 mm; 2.0466 m ; 1.425 10 ; 1.327
2

110
0.147

115
0.124

Pan
0

5.67

3.78

5.24

Calculate equivalent diameter and sphericity of extruded shaped food products


having (a) regular cylinder and (b) regular cone shapes. Both have base diameter 5
mm and height 7mm.
Ans: (a) 6.4 mm, 0.893; (b) 4.44 mm, 0.793

3 Number distribution of spray dried powder sample is given in Table. Calculate


various mean diameters.
Number distribution of spray dried powder
Size range (m)

50-60

60-70

70-80

80-90

90-100

100-110

110-120

120-130

Number

206

351

442

753

815

642

523

447

Ans: D1,0 =93.839 m; D2,0 = 95.817 m; D3,0 = 97.639 m; D2,1 = 97.837


m; D3,1
= 99.597
m; D3,2 = 101.388
m; D4,3 =104.490
m

4 Spice powder is made by cryogenic grinding technique. A representative sample of


spice powder is drawn from the bulk. It is analyzed for PSD using RRSB model. The
sample was sifted using two sieves having screens opening sizes as 200 and 100 m.
Fifteen percent of the total mass of the comminuted particles is retained on 200 m
screen while that of 65% is retained on 100 m screen. Obtain (in Graph in MS
Excel) the differential and cumulative particle size distribution for the powder.

5 Repeat Problem 4 to obtain the PSD using Gaudin-Schuhmann distribution model.

6 Calculate equivalent diameter and sphericity of a potato finger-chip having linear


dimensions of 1, 2 and 3 cm.
Ans: 2.25 cm, 0.73.

7 Table below gives the particle size analysis of corn grits using Tyler standard screens.
Calculate the characteristic constants of RRSB distribution.
Ans: n = 0.8565; D = 0.871mm

Particle size analysis of corn grits using Tyler standard screens


Screen opening size, mm

4.699

2.362

1.651

0.991

0.495

0.295

0.175

0.147

10

16

32

50

67

78

82

Cumulative mass retained (%)

8 A sample of 100 g granulated date-palm jaggery was subjected to sieve analysis using
Tyler Standard Screens and yielded the following data given in Table below.
Calculate sauter mean diameter.
Size distribution of granulated jaggery
Mesh size

12

3962 2794 1981 1397

Sieve aperture (m)


Mass retained (g)

0.0

5.4

6.1

28.4

16

24

32

42

pan

991

701

495

351

32.7

10.8

7.1

5.9

3.6

Ans: 930.6 m.
9 Sieve analysis yielded equations below to represent the number distribution curve for
wheat flour for the size range 0 50 m. Calculate sauter mean diameter for the
powder.
dN/dDp = (Dp)1.2 for 0 Dp 8m and dN/dDp = 106/(Dp)3.2 for 8 Dp 50m.
Ans: 21.69
m
10 Repeat the Problem 1 with the mass fraction (vide Table) when pin mill was used to
grind black pepper.
Screen analysis of black pepper powder prepared with pin mill
Mesh size
Screen opening, mm

10

20

32

42

60

80

110

115

pan

2.362

1.651

0.833

0.495

0.351

0.246

0.175

0.147

0.124

6.09

71.72

16.49

2.1

3.36

2.73

1.05

1.05

0.63

Mass retained, g

Ans: 0.301 mm; 0.756 mm; 1.094 mm; 0.894 m2; 2.063 106; 0.7582

11 Particle distributions of wheat flour on mass fraction basis show that all particles in
the mass have dimensions above 50 m and no particle has size above 250 m.
Calculate surface-volume (sauter) mean diameter of the flour considering the size
distribution is continuous in this range.
Ans: 124.3
m

12 Repeat Problem 3 for particles obtained from grinding of minor millets. Table below
gives number distribution of particles.
Number distribution of particles obtained from minor millets
Size range (m)
Number

40-60
112

60-80 80-100
203

125

100-120

120-140

140-160

160-180

180-200

321

678

444

543

234

Ans: D1,0 = 134.5 m; D2,0 = 139.5 m; D3,0 = 143.5 m; D2,1 = 144.6 m; D3,1 =
148.2 m; D3,2 = 151.9 m; D4,3 = 157.4
m

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