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This document is an assignment for a materials handling equipment class that involves designing a pneumatic conveyor to transport wheat grain from a warehouse to a mill plant at a rate of 80 tons per hour and calculating the required motor power of the blower based on given parameters of the grain and air densities and conveyor dimensions.

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CH 8 - Assignment

This document is an assignment for a materials handling equipment class that involves designing a pneumatic conveyor to transport wheat grain from a warehouse to a mill plant at a rate of 80 tons per hour and calculating the required motor power of the blower based on given parameters of the grain and air densities and conveyor dimensions.

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Addis Ababa University

Addis Ababa Institute of Technology


School of mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Materials Handling Equipment Assignment
Submission Date: Jan 10, 2024

1. A pneumatic conveyor is designed to convey wheat grain from a warehouse to a mill plant
as shown in the figure below. Find the required motor power of the blower if the capacity
of the conveyor is 80 ton/hr., γ1 = 1.4 t/m3, γ air = 1.2, R0/d p = 6.

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