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    This document contains a midterm exam for a chemical engineering course on process and handling of materials. It includes the following questions: (1) Calculate the shape factor of a cuboid particle and explain why spheres are used as a reference for particle sphericity. Also explain how particle shape and size affect properties. (2) Describe trommels and gyratory screens including their construction, working principles, advantages, and disadvantages. (3) Discuss factors affecting screen effectiveness and derive an expression for it. Also derive expressions for specific surface area of mixtures and total number of particles. (4) Calculate the volume mean diameter from given particle size distribution data on a weight basis

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    This document contains a midterm exam for a chemical engineering course on process and handling of materials. It includes the following questions: (1) Calculate the shape factor of a cuboid particle and explain why spheres are used as a reference for particle sphericity. Also explain how particle shape and size affect properties. (2) Describe trommels and gyratory screens including their construction, working principles, advantages, and disadvantages. (3) Discuss factors affecting screen effectiveness and derive an expression for it. Also derive expressions for specific surface area of mixtures and total number of particles. (4) Calculate the volume mean diameter from given particle size distribution data on a weight basis

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    Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology

    Department of Chemical Engineering


    Mid Term Examination, March-2017
    th
    4 Semester, B.Tech. Chemical Engineering
    Sub: Process &Handling of Materials
    Max. Marks: 20 Time: 2Hrs.
    Note: Answer Q. No. 1 which is compulsory and any three from the rest. Make suitable
    assumptions, if necessary.
    Q. No. Marks
    1 (a) Find the shape factor of a particle in the shape of a cuboid having L: B:H in the 1x5
    ratio 1:2:3.
    (b) Why sphere is taken as reference shape to define sphericity of a non-spherical
    particle?
    (c) Explain with examples how particle shape and size effects particle properties.
    (d) (i)What are the different forces employed in size reduction equipments?
    (ii) Why more power is required to grind finer particles than coarser particles?
    (e) Why average particle size concept is used to represent the size of a particle used
    in screening? Explain the terms oversize and undersize used in screening.

    2 Explain with a neat labelled diagram the construction, working principle, 2.5+2.5
    advantages and dis-advantages of following industrial screening equipments:-
    (a) Trommels
    (b) Gyratory screens

    3 (a) What are the factors effecting screen effectiveness? Write the 3 laws of 2+3
    comminution using generalised expression ?
    (b) Derive the expression for screen effectiveness.

    4 (a) Derive the expression for specific surface of mixtures and total number of 3+2
    particles.
    (b) Size analysis of a powdered material on a weight basis is given by straight line
    from zero mass fraction at 2 μm to 1 mass fraction at 200 μm. Calculate the
    volume mean diameter. Take step increment =0.2 for mass fraction.

    5 (a)Explain the three laws of comminution. 2+3


    (b)A crusher and grinder are connected to the same power drive. About 2500 kg/hr
    of limestone passes through the crusher and then through the grinder in succession.
    Screen analysis of feed & product obtained from crusher and product from the
    grinder indicated the specific surface areas as 2.9, 103, 865 m2/kg respectively.
    Calculate the power required in kW by the drive to run the crusher-grinder
    assembly, if the ηm of crusher is 20 % and that of grinder is 25 %. Rittinger’s
    number for limestone is 77.4 m2/kJ.

    6 Powdered coal with following screen analysis is fed to a vibrating screen screen. 4+1
    The particle size distribution data of feed, oversize and undersize is shown below in
    (a) Determine effectiveness of 48 mesh mesh screen taking undersize as
    product.
    (b) Ratio of quantity of undersize to oversize. (Table given in next page)
    Mesh No % Feed retained % Oversize retained % Undersize
    retained
    -3 +4 1.07 1.8 0
    -4+6 2.35 3.3 0
    -6+8 6.72 8.8 0
    -8+10 8.64 11.2 0
    -10+14 10.87 14.2 0
    -14+20 17.59 22.9 0
    -20+28 13.97 18.20 0
    -28+35 10.77 10.4 11.95
    -35+48 10.13 6.5 21.98
    -48+65 7.46 2.5 23.91
    -65+100 5.01 0.2 18.77
    -100+150 3.3 0 14.27
    -150+200 2.12 0 9.12

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