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Bulking Up: Wear-Resistant Materials for Powder, Solids Handling Equipment
The harsh environment of chemical processing facilities can place a considerable stress on equipment. Wear and degradation are major issues in applications, such as bulk material handling equipment and slurry-handling machinery. The threat to operations is significant when you consider the cost of repairing equipment, replacing parts or machine failures. Production interruptions and unscheduled shutdowns add to the mounting challenges faced by the industry.
Optimizing the Solid and Liquid Blending Process in Continuous Mixers
“Good enough” is no longer satisfactory when it comes to solids and liquids blending. Performance issues can result in problems with product quality, maintenance and productivity. This is particularly true with continuous mixers, which many chemical processing facilities rely on to blend solid and liquid components into a homogeneous mixture.
Rotary Drying: Developing a Process in a Test Setting - Chemical Engineering
Testing not only illustrates proof of process and provides other critical assurances, but it also reveals the parameters necessary to reliably yield consistent results Drying is an integral tool in pretreating and finishing bulk solids, which helps producers to meet quality and performance expectations, as well as lower their shipping costs.
Controlling Particle Characteristics with Agglomeration - Chemical Engineering
Comment PDF uncategorized Solids-handling processes and downstream process steps can benefit greatly from carefully controlled particle characteristics. Presented here is guidance on how agitation agglomeration techniques can achieve desired particle properties Throughout the diverse sectors of the chemical process industries (CPI), the ability to control the particle characteristics of bulk solids is crucial.
The fundamentals of rotary drum mainenance
FEECO drying plant constructed for the mining industry. CREDIT: FEECO From lengthy permitting processes to declining ore grades, the mining industry is fraught with challenges, but unnecessary downtime, excessive maintenance costs, and premature failure of rotary equipment shouldn’t be among them. The mining industry employs rotary drums in a myriad of applications. These diverse machines are customized to suit their roles as scrubbers, kilns, dryers, coolers, and agglomeration drums.
Operational Best Practices for Rotary Dryers - Chemical Engineering
Comment PDF uncategorized To maximize the service life and reliability of rotary dryers for solid materials, adhere to this set of practices Rotary dryers have a well-deserved reputation for reliability, often providing decades of trouble-free operation in solids-handling processes. As with any type of process equipment, however, the reliability of a rotary dryer and its ability to consistently dry bulk solids hinges on proper operation and maintenance of the unit (Figure 1).
Principles of Agglomeration: Pelletizing Processes
Comment PDF combustible dust Pelletizing, a tumble-growth agglomeration process, offers many potential benefits to processors handling bulk solid materials. This article provides an overview of how agglomerate pelletizing works and the important elements that must be considered Pelletizing, a form of agglomeration (particle size enlargement) employed to produce a rounded granule, is a valuable operation when working with bulk solids.
Controlling Dust through Pelletizing
Comment PDF Processing & Handling Tumble-growth agglomeration can reduce dust in solids-handling processes. Here’s how it works Handling and processing bulk solids appears in nearly every industrial sector, from energy to agriculture. Dust is a ubiquitous and challenging issue when working with bulk solids, because it can create hazardous or unsanitary work environments, transportation problems and financial waste in the form of lost product.
Rotary Dryers: Critical in Drying Wood Pellets for the Biomass Industry
The biomass energy industry has seen steady growth over the past few years – the result of the European Union enacting legislation that targets a 20% renewable energy goal for all of its countries by the year 2020. Without sufficient biomass resources to fuel demand, the European Union has turned largely to North America to supply the sought after fuel. As production ramps up, many companies are finding that rotary dryers are the key to producing a quality biomass product.
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