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Tutorial 3 SIZE REDUCTION 2023

The document provides three questions about particle size reduction and grinding. Question 1 asks to determine the energy required to crush material to different sizes using three different laws. Question 2 asks to predict the size distribution of material after grinding using provided breakage distribution and specific breakage rate values. Question 3 asks to determine the required power to crush material to a given size using two different laws.

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Tutorial 3 SIZE REDUCTION 2023

The document provides three questions about particle size reduction and grinding. Question 1 asks to determine the energy required to crush material to different sizes using three different laws. Question 2 asks to predict the size distribution of material after grinding using provided breakage distribution and specific breakage rate values. Question 3 asks to determine the required power to crush material to a given size using two different laws.

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Tutorial 3

MARCH 2023

Mean Particle Size


Question 1
A material consisting originally of 46 mm particles is crushed to an average size of 8 mm and
requires 25 kJ/kg for this size reduction. Determine the energy required to crush the
material from 46 mm to 4.5 mm assuming:
(a) Rittinger’s law,
(b) Kick’s law and
(c) Bond’s law.

Question 2
Values of breakage distribution function b(i, j) and specific rates of breakage Sj for a
particular material in a ball mill are shown in the table below.

To test the validity of these values, a sample of the material with the size distribution
indicated in the table below is to be ground in a ball mill.

Use the information in these tables to predict the size distribution of the product after one
minute in the mill. (Note: Sj values in Table 12W2.1 are based on 1-minute grinding time.)
Question 3

Power of 3 kW is supplied to a machine crushing material at the rate of 0.3 kg/s from 12.5 mm to a
product having the following sizes: 80 per cent 3.175 mm, 10 per cent 2.5 mm and 10 per cent 2.25
mm. If the material mass is 50 kg, what power (kW) should be supplied to this machine to crush 0.3
kg/s of the same material from 7.5 mm cube to 2.0 mm cube:

i) Assuming Rittinger’s law?


ii) Assuming Kick’s law?
iii) Which of the above results would be regarded as being more reliable and why?

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