CHL331 Fluid Particle Mechanics

Tutorial-1:
1. From literature, find out one industry, where operations on particles are involved.
Note the name unit operation and particles size and shape involved before and after
the operations. Do not use the example shown in lecture.
2. For a regular cuboid particle of dimension 12! m
m"
, calculate the following
diameters#
$a% the e&uivalent volume sphere dia, $b%the e&uivalent surface sphere dia, $c%the
surface 'volume diameter$d% the sieve diameter, $e%the pro(ected area diameter.
". )epeat the above example for a regular cylinder of dia *.1 mm and length 1.*
mm
+. Determine the sphericity of a cube and cylinder given in problem 2 and ".
,. -an any nonspherical particles $a cylinder with ./D01 and a cube of unit
dimension % have the sphericity011 -hec2 the specific surface area of the above
geometries with a sphere of unit dimension. -omments on the results.
!. )epeat the exercise 2 for a disc shaped particle of dia 2mm and length *., mm
3. Find the Feret4s and 5artin4s dia of the following geometry.
Tutorial-2:
6. 7ou will need the e&uations relating specific surface $8v% to number fre&uency and
also to mass fraction $both per micron%.
$i%. 9he cumulative size distribution of a powdered material may be represented as a
straight line on a : number undersize versus particle diameter $x% graph passing through
the points *: by number at 1 ;m and 1**: by number at 1*1 ;m. 9he e&uation for
N
*
$x% is#
N
*
$x%0...
a# x<1 b# x/1**<1 c# x/1**<*.*1 d# x<1**
Note, wor2 in fractional terms and N=9 percentages.
$ii%. 9he e&uation for n
*
$x% is# n
*
$x%0...
a# 1 b# 1/1** c# 1** d# x/1**<1
$iii%. >hat is the shape of the n
*
$x% graph given by your answer to
part $ii%1
$iv%. 9he best e&uation to use for calculation of specific surface is#
$v%. 9he specific surface area per unit volume is $;m?1%#
a# *.*1" b# *.*+, c# *.*,@ d# *.*3@
$vi%. Now convert your answer into one with 8A units#
$vii%. Af the sphericity of the material is really *.@ the specific surface is $;m
?1
%#
a# *.*31 b# *.*66 c# *.*!! d# *.*,"
@. $i%. 9he specific surface of another size distribution having the same limits as that
given in &uestion 6 but on a mass distribution N
"
$x% basis is $;m?1%#
a# *.*1" b# *.1"6 c# *.233 d# *.,,+
$ii%. 9he 8auter mean diameter of the distribution in part $i% is $;m%#
a# ,*.* b# +"., c# 21.3 d# 1*.6
1*. Following volume distribution was derived from a sieve analysis
8ize
$m%
"3<+, +,<," ,"<!" !"<3, 3,<@* @*<
1*!
1*!<
12!
12!<
1,*
1,*<
16*
16*<
212
Bolume
:
*.+, ".1 11 21.6 23." 22 1*.1 ".@ *.+ *
$a%Cstimate the mode, median, mean of the volume distribution
$b%From the volume distributions derive the number distribution and the surface
distribution.
$c%Determine specific surface area of data given in problem 3.
11. Af the above distribution be fitted with )osin<)ammler distribution, find out the mean
particle size and specific surface area.
$Dse the table of gamma function.%
1
1
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1

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n
x
x
x N
2 . !"
"
exp 1 % $
>here n is a constant, called the uniformity constant.