Dear YuRen2010,

The capacity of your installation should be approx. 100 tons/hr at 2.5 bar and at a complete cycle time of approx 7 min.

Is the cycle time that you mention the total cycle time (including pressurizing and purging) or just the emptying time of the kettle?

The 3.4 bar underneath the fluidization cloth is too high.

Somewhere in the line there must be an unforeseen pressure drop.

First check the pressures at:

Compressor outlet

Booster outlet

Discharge tank

Discharge tank outlet

A drawing of the piping arrangement would be helpful.

Have a nice day

Teus ■

Dear Yuren2010,

A 6" pipeline for 22.5 m3/min is Ok.

A smaller diameter would increase the pressure drop over this pipe.

Have you checked the parameters, mentioned in my previous reply?

BR

Teus ■

You need to look at the fluidising membrane. Is it blind ? or the material has passed to the clean side and blocked?

Without fluidising air the cycle we take very long. ■

Dear Yuren2010,

Thanks for the feed back. Very much appreciated.

I now understand that you were referring to the distance between the fluidizing cloth and the intake of the discharge pipe, rather than the diameter of the discharge pipe.

Can you tell us how you discovered that that was the cause of the problem or did you just try a modification and found out?

Have a nice day

Teu ■