How air volume (velocity) affects system capacity
Changing one operating parameter of a pneumatic conveying system affects other operating parameters. In a series of quarterly columns, Paul E. Solt -- a private consultant with more than 34 years experience in installing and troubleshooting pneumatic conveying systems -- looks at pneumatic conveying through the computer eye to analyze the relationships among several operating parameters.
In this second column, we'll determine how air volume [thus, air velocity] affects the capacity of a pneumatic conveying system when all other variables -- operating pressure, line diameter, line length, and material characteristics -- remain constant.