Open AccessBATCHPUMP: AN ALTERNATIVE TO CONVENTIONAL BLOW TANKS
Author(s) -
Adriano Gomes de Freitas,
Yuri Oliveira Lima,
Vitor Furlan de Oliveira,
Ricardo Borges dos Santos,
Luis Alberto Martínez Riascos
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
latin american applied research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1851-8796
pISSN - 0327-0793
DOI - 10.52292/j.laar.2021.512
Subject(s) - inlet , work (physics) , pipeline (software) , bar (unit) , constant (computer programming) , energy consumption , environmental science , process engineering , production rate , energy (signal processing) , mechanics , petroleum engineering , mechanical engineering , waste management , engineering , computer science , mathematics , electrical engineering , physics , meteorology , statistics , programming language
The pursuit of better energy efficiency solutions is a constant subject. Here we present a number of results obtained during the development of an industrial equipment; a bulk solids feeder called Batchpump. With the proposal of being an alternative to the conventional blow tanks, having as main differentials: energy efficiency; simpler installation; lower dimensions; and lower cost of production. In this work there is presented the results obtained for both the Batchpump and a conventional blow tank applied to a pneumatic conveying system, with limestone powder, on a pipeline with 133m of total length, with an inlet pressure of 4 bar, the Batchpump obtained results of conveying rate being 25% lower and the air consumption being 30% lower validating the initial hypothesis: to consume less energy with comparable transport rate. We present in the results the data in steady state transport cycle in dense phase regime.