Abstract
Feed rate characteristics of a blow tank solids conveyor in which the conveying pipe exits at the upper part of the tank are experimentally examined by the use of polyethylene pellets having a large minimum fluidizing velocity. The flow pattern of solid particles in the tank resembles suction flow at the pipe inlet and bears a strong resemblance to that of gravity discharge of solids from an orifice, and there exists a dead solids region on the porous support through which compressed air is blown. Within this region pipe inlet height from the porous support and tank size have no effect on the feed rate. For a given tank, the feed rate increases with an increase in pipe diameter. An empirical equation is proposed to relate these variables.
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