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Tut 04 - Particle Flow

The document presents tutorial problems related to the terminal velocity of spherical and cubic particles in different fluids, including calculations for glass spheres and a steel ball in oil. It also discusses the settling behavior of solids in a water column with an upward flow, providing data for particle size distribution and cumulative fractions. Answers for each problem are provided, including specific velocities and diameters.

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Tut 04 - Particle Flow

The document presents tutorial problems related to the terminal velocity of spherical and cubic particles in different fluids, including calculations for glass spheres and a steel ball in oil. It also discusses the settling behavior of solids in a water column with an upward flow, providing data for particle size distribution and cumulative fractions. Answers for each problem are provided, including specific velocities and diameters.

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Ch 4 Tutorial problems

4.6.1 Determine the terminal velocity of spherical particles with diameter = 400 m and SG = 1.03
falling through air at 35 C ( = 0.026 cP) and at a pressure of 1 atm. Repeat this for a cube
with sides = 400 m
Answer (Sphere uT = 1.445 m/s. Cube uT = 0.868 m/s)

4.6.2 Glass spheres settle freely in water at 21 C (SG = 0.9966,  = 0.982 cP) The SG of glass =
2.6. The free settling velocity has been determined as 20 mm/s. Calculate the diameter of the
glass spheres.
Answer (d = 174.69 m)

4.6.3 The steel ball of a viscometer is 2.5 mm in diameter (SG = 7.8). Calculate the viscosity of the
oil in cP if the SG of the oil = 0.959. At terminal velocity, the ball falls 10.3 seconds through
250mm of the oil.
Answer ( = 0.9601 kg/ms)
4.6.4. Solids with a particle distribution as given below settle in a column with water. The water flows
upwards with a linear velocity of 4 mm/s. The density and viscosity of water are 1000 kg/m3
and 1.1 cP respectively. The density of the solids particles is 1200 kg/m3.
If assumed that the particles are fed into the column as a very dilute slurry, i.e. no particle
interaction occurs, what percentage of the particles will report to the underflow and overflow
of the column?
Draw a graph for the cumulative particle percentage bigger than d for both the under and
overflow.

Size (m) Cum fraction > dP


1000 - 850 0
850 - 600 5
600 - 425 18
425 - 300 35
300 - 212 50
212 - 150 65
150 - 106 80
106 - 75 95
75 - 53 100

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