Handbook of Pneumatic Conveying Engineering / Edition 1

by David Mills, Mark G. Jones, Vijay K. Agarwal

Overview

Pneumatic conveying systems offer enormous advantages: flexibility in plant layout, automatic operation, easy control and monitoring, and the ability to handle diverse materials, especially dangerous, toxic, or explosive materials. The Handbook of Pneumatic Conveying Engineering provides the most complete, comprehensive reference on all types and sizes of systems, considering their selection, design, maintenance, and optimization. It offers practical guidelines, diagrams, and procedures to assist with plant maintenance, operation, and control.

With well over fifty years of combined experience in the field, the authors promote practical, valuable approaches to test, evaluate, and correct both old and newly constructed systems. They include abundant checklists and approaches for preventing component wear, material degradation, and operating dilemmas and suggest lists of alternate materials and components to use if erosion does occur. Comparing various conveying system types, components, and flow mechanisms, the book explains the function of material flow, recommends conveying air velocity for different types of materials, and examines the conveying characteristics of a broad array of materials with emphasis on their impact on system performance.

Brimming with invaluable checklists, models, guidelines, diagrams, and illustrations, the Handbook of Pneumatic Conveying Engineering is simply the most authoritative guide to pneumatic conveying available and a critical tool for your everyday work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824747909
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/21/2004
Series:	Mechanical Engineering
Pages:	720
Sales rank:	730,797
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

David Mills, Mark G. Jones, Vijay K. Agarwal

Table of Contents

Preface, 1. Types of Pneumatic Conveying Systems, 2. Feeding Devices, 3. System Components, 4. Gas-Solid Flows, 5. Air Requirements, 6. Air Only Data, 7. Conveyed Material Influences, 8. Pipeline Material, Orientation, and Bends, 9. Stepped Pipeline Systems, 10. Pneumatic Conveying of Coal and Ash, 11. Pneumatic Conveying of Food and Chemicals, 12. Pneumatic Conveying in the Aluminum Industry, 13. Conveying of Cement and Drilling Mud Powders, 14. Conveying of High Density and Other Materials, 15. System Design Using Conveying Data, 16. Quick Check Design Methods, 17. Innovatory Conveying Systems, 18. Fluidized Motion Conveying Systems, 19. Commissioning and Throughput Problems, 20. Erosive Wear Problems, 21. Material Degradation Problems, 22. Health and Safety Issues, 23. Pneumatic Conveying Test Facilities, Index

Editorial Reviews

"[The authors] cover the topic from every angle. … The book includes many clearly-drawn figures … that help the reader visualize the system. … Recommended for college, university and technical schools as well as anyone involved in designing or building pneumatic conveying equipment."
- E-Streams, Vol. 7, No. 12, Dec. 2004

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