Bulk Material Properties for Structural Design of Silos

[ppeng01]

Can anyone point me to a source for bulk densities of solids like limestone, pebble lime, fly ash, sodium bicarbonate, and soda ash? The best method, of course, is to test the actual material to be stored, but this is often impossible at the quotation stage. I am looking for reasonable values to use for developing pricing when material properties are not available from customer.

 

[dhengr]

Ppeng01:
Google bulk densities, and look for tabulations of same. Ask product suppliers.

 

[MJCronin]

The CEMA 350 Design guideline for screw conveyors contains solid reference material:

http://www.tekforce-conveyors.com/support-files/fmc_screw_conveyor_technical.pdf

MJCronin
Sr. Process Engineer

 

[dvd]

CEMA 550 would also be a good reference.

 

[ppeng01]

Thank you for the CEMA references. They will do nicely.

 

[JStephen]

It is sometimes helpful to get the MSDS sheets on the product stored.