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Bucket Elevator Design Study

The document provides specifications for a bucket elevator including: - Bucket dimensions of 29cm length, 12cm width, and 16cm depth - Each bucket can carry 10.935kg of steel shot - The drive pulley will operate at 62.943 rpm to move 354.61 buckets/min, handling 232,656.96kg/hr of steel shot.

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Bucket Elevator Design Study

The document provides specifications for a bucket elevator including: - Bucket dimensions of 29cm length, 12cm width, and 16cm depth - Each bucket can carry 10.935kg of steel shot - The drive pulley will operate at 62.943 rpm to move 354.61 buckets/min, handling 232,656.96kg/hr of steel shot.

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PARAMETERS KNOWN VALUES UNITS

Lifting Height 8.5 m


Capacity (Q) 120 Ton/hr
Steel Shot Density (ρ) 4.5 Tonne/m3

TYPE OF UNLOADING SPEED m/s


TO FIND HOW THE BUCKETS ARE
UNLOADING Gravity Unloading <1 link
Centrifugal Unloading >1
* If speed of belt is less than 1 m/s, it fall under gravity unloading
* If speed of belt is grater than 1 m/s, it fall under centrifugal unloading
Check Table 2.1

TO FIND DIAMETER OF PULLEY


BUCKET LENGTH (L) 229 mm WE WILL GET THIS
INFO FROM BUCKET
MANUF ONCE BUCKET
BUCKET WIDTH (w) 178 mm WATER CAPACITY IS
DESIDED
BUCKET DEPTH (D) 152 mm
BUCKET PROJECTION (H) 155 mm
9.2 lts
BUCKET WATER CAPACITY
0.0092 m^3
Steel Shot Density (ρ) 900 kg/m^3
LOAD WEIGHT IN BUCKET=
Water Capacity x Density of material 8.28 kg

14492.7536231884 buckets/hr
TO MOVE 120 tonnes/hr
4.03 buckets/sec
PITCH/SPACING BETWEEN BUCKETS 2xH or 3xH
IF, 2xH 310 mm
IF, 3xH 465 mm
BELT SPEED (V) = 1872 mm/sec
NO.OF BUCKETS x PITCH
1.9 m/sec
PULLY DIAMETER (Dp) = 0.714 m
2 x RADIUS
WHERE, R = (V^2/g) 714 mm
TO FIND ROTATIONAL SPEED OF PULLEY

ROTATIONAL SPEED OF PULLEY (N)


50.07 rpm

TO FIND TOTAL LENGTH OF BELT

LENGTH OF THE BELT (Lb) =


LENGTH OF THE BELT (Lb) =
18445 mm 18.45
NO.OF BUCKETS =
40 BUCKETS
LENGTH OF THE BELT/PITCH

BELT VELOCITY (V) = 368.50 ft/min LINK


1.87 m/sec
28.76095
PARAMETERS KNOWN VALUES UNITS
Lifting Height 8.5 m
Capacity (Q) 120 Ton/hr
Steel Shot Density (ρ) 4.5 Tonne/m3
% Of filling 0.67

TYPE OF UNLOADING SPEED m/s


TO FIND HOW THE BUCKETS ARE
UNLOADING Gravity Unloading <1 link
Centrifugal Unloading >1
* If speed of belt is less than 1 m/s, it fall under gravity unloading
* If speed of belt is grater than 1 m/s, it fall under centrifugal unloading
Check Table 2.1

TO FIND DIAMETER OF PULLEY


BUCKET LENGTH (L) 170 mm
BUCKET WIDTH (w) 130 mm LINK
BUCKET HEIGHT (H) 140 mm
VOLUME OF BUCKET 3094000 mm^3 0.0031
% Of filling 0.67
Steel Shot Density (ρ) 4500 kg/m^3
LOAD WEIGHT IN BUCKET=
% Of filling x Bucket vol x Density of
9.32841 kg
material

12863.9285794685 buckets/hr
TO MOVE 120 tonnes/hr
4 buckets/sec
PITCH/SPACING BETWEEN BUCKETS 2xH or 3xH
IF, 2xH 280 mm
IF, 3xH 420 mm
BELT SPEED (V) = 1501 mm/sec
NO.OF BUCKETS x PITCH
1.5 m/sec
PULLY DIAMETER (Dp) = 0.459 m
2 x RADIUS
WHERE, R = (V^2/g) 459 mm 0.459
TO FIND ROTATIONAL SPEED OF PULLEY

ROTATIONAL SPEED OF PULLEY (N)


62.45 rpm

TO FIND TOTAL LENGTH OF BELT

LENGTH OF THE BELT (Lb) =


LENGTH OF THE BELT (Lb) =
18596 mm 18.6
NO.OF BUCKETS =
44 BUCKETS
LENGTH OF THE BELT/PITCH

BELT VELOCITY (V) = 295.43 ft/min LINK


1.50 m/sec
Welspun ESF
Sl
No: Parameters Unit Value Unit

1 BUCKET
1.1 Bucket Dimension Length cm 29 cm
Width cm 12 cm
Depth cm 16 cm
1.2 Bucket Volume (0.5LWD) cc 2784 cc
Lit 2.7 Lit
1.3 %of bucket filling Considered 90%
1.4 Practical Filling/ bucket Lit 2.43 Lit
1.5 Density of Steel Shots (ρ) kg/lit 4.5 kg/lit
6 Steel Shots carried/ Bucket/pass Kg 10.935 Kg

2 GEAR MOTOR & SPROCKET DRIVE CHAIN


2.1 Motor RPM 1465
2.2 Gear Box Ratio (i) 19.6
2.3 Gear Box O/p Speed rpm 74.745 rpm
2.4 Sprocket Drive no-z 16 no-z
2.5 Sprocket Driven no-z 19 no-z
2.6 Sprocket Reduction Ratio 1.188
2.7 Drive pulley RPM rpm 62.943 rpm

3 DRIVE PULLEY, BELT & BUCKETS


3.1 Diameter of Drive Pulley cm 53.8 cm
3.2 Circumference cm 169.01 cm
3.3 Linear Speed of belt (Circumfer.*rpm) cm/min 10,638.18 cm/min
m/min 106.38### m/min
3.4 Bucket Pitch m 0.3 0 m
3.5 No: of buckets scooped/min nos/min 354.61 nos/min
3.6 Total Steel Shots handled by 371 buckets kg/min 3,877.62 kg/min
kg/hr 232,656.96 kg/hr
ton/hr 232.66 ton/hr

4 Proposed Bucket Elevator Rating ton/hr 220 ton/hr


ESF ESF QMC (05.12.2016) 1704 (05.12.2016)
Value Unit Value Unit Value Unit

22.9 cm 22.9 cm 25.4 cm


17.8 cm 17.8 cm 12.7 cm
15.2 cm 15.2 cm 12.7 cm
3,097.91 cc 3,097.91 cc 2,048.38 cc
3.10 Lit 3.10 Lit 2.05 Lit
90% 90% 90%
2.79 Lit 2.79 Lit 1.84 Lit
4.5 kg/lit 4.5 kg/lit 4.5 kg/lit
12.55 Kg 12.55 Kg 8.30 Kg

1465 1465 1465


19.6 19.6 19.6
74.745 rpm 74.745 rpm 74.745 rpm
16 no-z 16 no-z 16 no-z
19 no-z 19 no-z 19 no-z
1.188 1.188 1.188
62.943 rpm 62.943 rpm 55.000 rpm

41 cm 45.7 cm 51 cm
128.80 cm 143.57 cm 160.22 cm
8,107.16 cm/min - cm/min 8,811.91 cm/min
81.07### m/min #VALUE! m/min 88.12 m/min
0.465 0 m 0.465 m 0.25 m
174.35 nos/min #VALUE! nos/min 352.48 nos/min
2,187.46 kg/min #VALUE! kg/min 2,924.13 kg/min
131,247.56 kg/hr #VALUE! kg/hr 175,447.57 kg/hr
131.25 ton/hr #VALUE! ton/hr 175.45 ton/hr

ton/hr ton/hr ton/hr


1704 (05.12.2016)
Value

9
9 0.29
6.5 0.12
263.25 0.16
0.26 0.005568
90%
0.24 21.2976
4.5
1.07
2 buckets/s

1465
19.6
74.745
16
19
1.188
58

20 53.8
62.83
3,644.14
36.44
0.2
182.21
194.26
11,655.74
11.66

10
9 228.6
7 177.8
6 152.4

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