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Core PrinciplesBernoulli’s theorem for FansFriction Loss through GrainMoisture ContentPsychrometricsEquilibrium Moisture Curves
Power
s
s
T
T
e
QPP
or
e
QPP
P = Power (total)PT = Total Pressure
P = Power (static)PS = Static Pressure
Ftotal=Fpipe+Fexpansion+Ffloor+Fgrain
Fpipe=f (L/D) (V2/2g) for values in pipe
Fexpansion= (V12 – V2
2) / 2g V1 is velocity in pipe
V2 is velocity in bin
V1 >> V2 so equation reduces to
V12/2g
Ffloor
Equation 2.38 p. 29 (4th edition) for no grain on floor
Equation 2.39 p. 30 (4th edition) for grain on floor Of=percent floor opening expressed as decimal
εp=voidage fraction of material expressed as
decimal (use 0.4 for grains if no better info)
g
ov
msPa
pf
2
2
2
071.1
Ffloor
Fgrain
Equation 2.36 p. 29 (Cf = 1.5) A and b from standards or Table 2.5 p. 30
Or use Shedd’s curves (Standards) X axis is pressure drop/depth of grain Y axis is superficial velocity (m3/(m2s) Multiply pressure drop by 1.5 for
correction factor Multiply by specific weight of air to get F
in m or f
Example Air is to be forced through a grain drying bin
similar to that shown before. The air flows through 5 m of 0.5 m diameter galvanized iron conduit, exhausts into a plenum below the grain, passes through a perforated metal floor (10% openings) and is finally forced through a 1 m depth of wheat having a void fraction of 0.4. The area of the bin floor is 20 m2. Find the static and total pressure when Q=4 m3/s
Fan and Bin
γ
Ph
γ
Ph
2g
v
γ
PhFW
2g
v
γ
Ph
33
11
233
3
211
1
12
3
5 m
0.5m ID
10% opening
plenum
1 m
Q
Q
Your Turn: Problem 2.4 (page 45) Air (21C) at the rate of 0.1 m3/(m2 s) is
to be moved vertically through a crib of shelled corn 1.6 m deep. The area of the floor is 12 m2 with an opening percentage of 10% and the connecting galvanized iron pipe is 0.3 m in diameter and 12 m long. What is the power requirement, assuming the fan efficiency to be 70%?
Moisture in biological products can be expressed on a wet basis or dry basis
wet basis
dry basis (page 273)d
m
dm
m
W
WM
)W(W
Wm
Standard bushels ASABE Standards Corn weighs 56 lb/bu at 15% moisture
wet-basis Soybeans weigh 60 lb/bu at 13.5%
moisture wet-basis
Use this information to determine how much water needs to be removed to dry grainWe have 2000 bu of soybeans at 25%
moisture (wb). How much water must be removed to store the beans at 13.5%?
Remember grain is made up of dry matter + H2O
The amount of H2O changes, but the amount of dry matter in bu is constant.
Your turn: How much water needs to be removed
to dry shelled corn from 23% (wb) to 15% (wb) if we have 1000 bu?
Psychrometrics If you know two properties of an
air/water vapor mixture you know all values because two properties establish a unique point on the psych chart
Vertical lines are dry-bulb temperature
Psychrometrics Horizontal lines are humidity ratio (right
axis) or dew point temp (left axis) Slanted lines are wet-bulb temp and
enthalpy Specific volume are the “other” slanted
lines
Your turn: List the enthalpy, humidity ratio,
specific volume and dew point temperature for a dry bulb temperature of 70F and a wet-bulb temp of 60F
Enthalpy = 26 BTU/lbda
Humidity ratio=0.0088 lbH2O/lbda
Specific volume = 13.55 ft3/lbda
Dew point temp = 54 F
Psychrometric Processes Sensible heating – horizontally to the
right Sensible cooling – horizontally to the left
Note that RH changes without changing the humidity ratio
Example A grain dryer requires 300 m3/min of
46C air. The atmospheric air is at 24C and 68% RH. How much power must be supplied to heat the air?
Equilibrium Moisture CurvesWhen a biological product is in a
moist environment it will exchange water with the atmosphere in a predictable way – depending on the temperature/RH of the moist air surrounding the biological product.
This information is contained in the EMC for each product
Equilibrium Moisture Curves Establish second point on the
evaporative cooling line – i.e. can’t remove enough water from the product to saturate the air under all conditions – sometimes the exhaust air is at a lower RH because the product won’t “release” any more water
Establishing Exhaust Air RH Select EMC for product of interest On Y axis – draw horizontal line at the
desired final moisture content (wb) of product
Find the three T/RH points from EMCs (the fourth one is typically out of the temperature range)
Establishing Exhaust Air RH Where this RH curve intersects your
drying process line represents the state of the exhaust air
We are drying corn to 15% wb; with natural ventilation using outside air at 25C and 70% RH. What will be the Tdb and RH of the exhaust air?
Example problem How long will it take to dry 2000 bu of
soybeans from 20% mc (wb) to 13% mc (wb) with a fan which delivers 5140-9000 cfm at ½” H2O static pressure. The bin is 26’ in diameter and outside air (60 F, 30% RH) is being blown over the soybeans.
Steps to work drying problem Determine how much water needs to be
removed (from moisture content before and after; total amount of product to be dried)
Determine how much water each pound of dry air can remove (from psychr chart; outside air – is it heated, etc., and EMC)
Calculate how many cubic feet of air is needed
Determine fan operating CFM From CFM, determine time needed to dry
product
Step 1Std bu = 60 lb @ 0.135mw = 0.135(60 lb) = 8.1 lb H2O
md = mt – mw = 60 – 8.1 = 51.9 lbdm
@ 13%:
7.76lbm
6.750.13mm
51.9m
m0.13
w
ww
w
w
Step 2Find exit conditions from EMC.Plot on psych chart.
0C = 32F = 64%10C = 50F = 67%30C = 86F = 72%
We need to remove 10,500 lbH2O.
Each lbda removes 0.0023 lbH2O.
OH
daOHda
2
2 0.0023lb
1lb10500lbb4,565,217l
Step 4Main term in F is Fgrain
Airflow (cfm/ft2)50301510
Pressure drop (“H2O/ft)0.5
0.230.090.05
x depth x CF
Example 2 Ambient air at 32C and 20% RH is heated to
118 C in a fruit residue dryer. The flow of ambient air into the propane heater is at 5.95 m3/sec. The drying is to be carried out from 85% to 22% wb. The air leaves the drier at 40.5C.
Determine the airflow rate of the heated air.
Example 2With heated air, is conserved (not Q)
m
s
m7.65
1.125m
kg
s
kg6.8Q
s
kg6.8
0.875m
kg
s
m5.95m
3
3pt
3
3
2
Your Turn:A grain bin 26’ in diameter has a perforated floor over a plenum
chamber. Shelled field corn will be dried from an initial mc of 24% to 14% (wb). Batch drying (1800 std. bu/batch) will be used
with outside air (55F, RH 70%) that has been heated 10F before being passed through the corn. To dry the corn in 1 week -
2. What is the approximate total pressure drop (in inches of water) required to obtain the needed air flow?