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  1. Choco2000

    Milk of lime pumping

    Thank you bimr, I'm going to run with 8 fps to see how much HP on the pumps I can cut. Regards. Adolfo Gómez Ingeniero de proceso AIL de la Laguna Torreón, México
  2. Choco2000

    Milk of lime pumping

    Thanks rutherford, is a new system, I ran some calculatios and I think I need a 400 gpm flow on a 4" pipe, so wen we pull out the 100 gpm the velocity in the pipe loop will drop from 11 fps to 8.31 fps, avoiding settling. I'm not very sure about the viscosity, I'm using 1 Cp on this mix, I can't...
  3. Choco2000

    Milk of lime pumping

    I´m about to design a milk of lime pump system, here´s what I propouse: Slurry: 5% of lime 95% water (costumer data) Flow: 150 gpm Speed on pipes: above 7 fps slope on pipes: above 2% Closed circuit Centrifugal pump 12 users in the system, all together consume 100 gpm of the milk (costumer...
  4. Choco2000

    How to design a 5000 ton limestone silo ?

    thank you prohammy , we allready use vibrators in some of the customer bins, the first were german made, now we use custome made ones, thanks for the tip¡ arto, I just slip my credit card to get this book, it will be here in 10 to 15 days as they say, thank you for the tip¡ Regards Adolfo...
  5. Choco2000

    How to design a 5000 ton limestone silo ?

    MikeHalloran, we have 2 civil engineers, but like JStephen wrote, there is not enough literature about this, also in civil school don't teach these procedures. Right now we are using the JOHN PIROK method described in the Structural Engineering Handbook, but we just have this chapter of the...
  6. Choco2000

    How to design a 5000 ton limestone silo ?

    Hello friends I´m new in this forum, I hope we can shere a lot of experience. I own an engeneering firm and we have the task of desig a 5000 ton limestone silo (steel or concrete), any help on the way to do this, any experience , any tip, any method would be apreciated. Thanks

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