SCREENING

PROBLEM NO. 6

MARY MAE M. BUENSUCESO

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Powdered coal with the screen analysis given

below as “feed” is fed to a vibrating 48 mesh
screen in an attempt to remove the undesired
fine material. When the screen was new, the
oversize and the undersize analysis were as
listed under the columns headed as “new”.
After 3 months operation, the analyses are as
headed as “old”. What is the effectiveness of
the old and new screen?
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Mesh Feed Oversize Oversize Undersize Undersize (old)
(new) (old) (new)
3/4 0.01 0.012 0.014
4/6 0.022 0.027 0.031
6/8 0.063 0.078 0.088
8/10 0.081 0.1 0.112
10/14 0.102 0.126 0.142
14/20 0.165 0.204 0.229
20/28 0.131 0.162 0.182
28/35 0.101 0.125 0.104 0.093
35/48 0.095 0.117 0.065 0.171
48/65 0.07 0.029 0.025 0.246 0.186
65/100 0.047 0.015 0.008 0.183 0.146
100/150 0.031 0.005 0.141 0.111
150/200 0.02 0.105 0.071
-200 0.062 0.325 0.222
1 1 1 1 1
VIBRATING SCREEN
VIBRATING SCREEN
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Given: 48 mesh screen

Req’d: Effectiveness of the screen (E)
Nomenclature:
P = overflow (DESIRED)
Q = underflow F
F = feed

P
Q
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Sol’n:

F1 P1 P1

Q1
P2
P2
F2 Q2 Q2
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Sol’n: “old”
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Sol’n: “new”