Join leading bulk material engineering instructors with expertise in powder and bulk solid storage, handling, conveying and processing. You can now improve the efficiency, reliability, and safety of your operations by preventing, eliminating, or reducing problems related to bulk material flow, storage, conveying, or processing.
Attendees will gain an understanding of some of the most common, costly flow problems that can occur as a result of poor bulk solids and powder handling in bins, hoppers, feeders, transfer chutes, and pneumatic conveying systems, as well as how these problems can impact the “bottom line” of production rate and product quality. Attendees will also learn proven, scientific approaches to resolve solids handling problems at their site, and understand the “art of pneumatic conveying”, which is often thought of as a “black box”. The fundamental physics of pneumatic transport will be taught, as well as methods for practical solutions to common issues like abrasive wear, line plugging, and material attrition.
This combo course is a combination of two popular AIChE courses: CH032: Flow of Solids in Bins, Hoppers, Chutes and Feeders and CH033: Pneumatic Conveying of Bulk Solids.
This course will be taught by one of the instructors listed below.
Here’s a preview of what you’ll learn:
Flow of Solids in Bins, Hoppers Chutes, and Feeders (CH032):
- The pitfalls of poor bulk solids handling
- Common flow problems and their costly consequences
- The flow patterns and features of silos, bins and hoppers
- Testing bulk solids flow properties and how to use the results
- Solving ongoing bulk solids feeder problems
- Why fine powders can have restricted or uncontrolled flow rate
- Step-by-step procedures for designing a bin or silo
- Practical solutions to segregation mechanisms problems
- Selecting the appropriate common flow aid device
- How to avoid transfer chute plugging and how to minimize wear and dusting
Pneumatic Conveying of Bulk Solids (CH033):
- Modes of conveying: Dilute phase and dense phase
- Types of systems: Positive pressure, vacuum, pull/push and closed loop
- The science underlying gas and solids flow through pipelines
- Understand key terms – like “saltation and pickup velocity” and “solids loading ratio”
- How to read a state diagram illustrating system performance
- The four primary system components: Gas mover, silo/feeder, pipeline/bends and separator
- How to select elbows, line chargers and other key primary system components
- Know the features of solid separators – cyclones, filter/collectors and bag house
- Dense phase conveying technology – what you need to know
- Troubleshooting common conveying problems – including wear, attrition, rate limitation and line plugging
- Applying safe handling practices for the pneumatic conveying of combustible solids
Who Should Attend:
- Plant and project managers
- Operation and process managers
- Project, process and maintenance engineers
- Unit operators and superintendents
- Anyone new to the field of bulk solids handling
Day One (CH032)
8:00 – 8:30am
Registration
8:30 – 9:00am
Introductions, course overview, training objectives
9:00 – 11:00am
Bulk solids handling fundamentals, quiz, & break
11:00 – 12:00pm
Introduction to bulk solids flow testing
12:00 – 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00 – 2:00pm
Flow and particle properties testing, quiz, & break
2:00 – 3:30pm
Volumetric feeders – screws and belts
3:30 – 4:30pm
Volumetric feeders – rotary valves, gravimetric feeders, quiz
4:30 – 5:00pm
Introduction to flow rate calculations, summary/questions
Day Two (CH032)
8:30 – 10:00am
Fine powder handling, fluidization, quiz, & break
10:00 – 11:00am
Bin/silo design example (step-by-step procedure)
11:00 – 12:00pm
Introduction to segregation, sifting segregation
12:00 – 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00 – 2:00pm
Fluidization and dusting segregation
2:00 – 3:00pm
Mixing and blending of powders, & break
3:00 – 3:45pm
Flow aids
3:45 – 4:30pm
Transfer chute design
4:30 – 5:00pm
Summary, questions
Day Three (CH033)
8:00 – 8:30am
Registration
8:30 – 10:00am
Introduction; modes of conveying; systems, & break
10:00 – 11:00am
Fundamentals of gas/solids flow
11:00 – 12:00pm
Component selection
12:00 – 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00 – 2:30pm
Component selection (continued), & break
2:30 – 3:30pm
Dense phase conveying
3:30 – 4:30pm
Dust explosions
4:30 – 5:00pm
Conclusions, questions, wrap-up
Times displayed are in EST.
Day One (CH032)
8:30 – 9:00am
Introductions, course overview, training objectives
9:00 – 11:00am
Bulk solids handling fundamentals, quiz, & break
11:00 – 12:00pm
Introduction to bulk solids flow testing
12:00 – 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00 – 2:00pm
Flow and particle properties testing, quiz, & break
2:00 – 3:30pm
Volumetric feeders – screws and belts
3:30 – 4:30pm
Volumetric feeders – rotary valves, gravimetric feeders, quiz
Day Two (CH032)
8:30 – 10:00am
Fine powder handling, fluidization, quiz, & break
10:00 – 11:00am
Bin/silo design example (step-by-step procedure)
11:00 – 12:00pm
Introduction to segregation, sifting segregation
12:00 – 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00 – 2:00pm
Fluidization and dusting segregation
2:00 – 3:00pm
Mixing and blending of powders, & break
3:00 – 3:45pm
Flow aids
3:45 – 4:30pm
Transfer chute design
Day Three (CH033)
8:30 – 10:00am
Introduction; modes of conveying; systems, & break
10:00 – 11:00am
Fundamentals of gas/solids flow
11:00 – 12:00pm
Component selection
12:00 – 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00 – 2:30pm
Component selection (continued), & break
2:30 – 3:30pm
Dense phase conveying
3:30 – 4:30pm
Dust explosions
Day One (CH032)
8:00 – 8:30am
Registration
8:30 – 9:00am
Introductions, course overview, training objectives
9:00 – 11:00am
Bulk solids handling fundamentals, quiz, & break
11:00 – 12:00pm
Introduction to bulk solids flow testing
12:00 – 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00 – 2:00pm
Flow and particle properties testing, quiz, & break
2:00 – 3:30pm
Volumetric feeders – screws and belts
3:30 – 4:30pm
Volumetric feeders – rotary valves, gravimetric feeders, quiz
4:30 – 5:00pm
Introduction to flow rate calculations, summary/questions
Day Two (CH032)
8:30 – 10:00am
Fine powder handling, fluidization, quiz, & break
10:00 – 11:00am
Bin/silo design example (step-by-step procedure)
11:00 – 12:00pm
Introduction to segregation, sifting segregation
12:00 – 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00 – 2:00pm
Fluidization and dusting segregation
2:00 – 3:00pm
Mixing and blending of powders, & break
3:00 – 3:45pm
Flow aids
3:45 – 4:30pm
Transfer chute design
4:30 – 5:00pm
Summary, questions
Day Three (CH033)
8:00 – 8:30am
Registration
8:30 – 10:00am
Introduction; modes of conveying; systems, & break
10:00 – 11:00am
Fundamentals of gas/solids flow
11:00 – 12:00pm
Component selection
12:00 – 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00 – 2:30pm
Component selection (continued), & break
2:30 – 3:30pm
Dense phase conveying
3:30 – 4:30pm
Dust explosions
4:30 – 5:00pm
Conclusions, questions, wrap-up
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