CE 275 Gas Flow Classification Didactic Equipment Vocational Education Equipment Fluid Mechanics Lab Equipment
Zigzag sifter to separate solid compounds Features - gas flow classification with a zigzag sifter - transparent duct to observe the separation process - practical experiments on a laboratory scale Learning objectives/experiments - learning the fundamental principle of wind sifting (gas flow classification) - sorting -- coarse material fraction -- fine material fraction - dependent on solid mass flow rate and volumetric air flow rate - classifying (with CE 264) -- fraction balance -- separation function -- separation size -- sharpness of separation - dependent on solid mass flow rate and volumetric air flow rate - pressure losses of -- sifter -- cyclone dependent on solid mass flow rate and volumetric air flow rate Specification [1] zigzag sifter to separate solid compounds [2] feed hopper with vibrating trough for feed of solid compound into sifter [3] dosage of feed material by way of distance of hopper outlet from vibrating trough and frequency of vibrating trough [4] separation of solid compound into coarse and fine material with air flow in 20-stage zigzag duct [5] air flow generation by fan; adjustment by valve [6] separation of fine material from air flow by gas cyclone with tangential inlet [7] 3 tanks for feed material and coarse and fine materials [8] recording of volumetric air flow rate and differential pressure through sifter and cyclone