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This document outlines a tutorial for MP 326: Dewatering and Tailing Disposal, focusing on drying processes and calculations. It includes problems related to drying wet solids under specific conditions, determining mass flow rates in rotary dryers, and designing dryer parameters for efficient operation. The document provides necessary data and parameters for solving these engineering challenges.

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Tutorial 3

This document outlines a tutorial for MP 326: Dewatering and Tailing Disposal, focusing on drying processes and calculations. It includes problems related to drying wet solids under specific conditions, determining mass flow rates in rotary dryers, and designing dryer parameters for efficient operation. The document provides necessary data and parameters for solving these engineering challenges.

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DEPARTMENT OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING ENGINEERING

MP 326: DEWATERING AND TAILING DISPOSAL


TUTORIAL NO. 3: DRYING, HW-3

1. A wet solid is dried from 25 to 10 per cent moisture under constant drying conditions in
4.17 h. If the critical and the equilibrium moisture contents are 15 and 5 per cent
respectively, how long will it take to dry the solid from 30 to 8 per cent moisture under
the same conditions?

2. A granular material containing 40 per cent moisture is fed to a countercurrent rotary dryer
at a temperature of 295 K and is withdrawn at 305 K, containing 5 per cent moisture. The
air supplied, which contains 0.006 kg water vapour/kg dry air, enters at 385 K and leaves
at 310 K. The dryer handles 0.125 kg/s wet stock. Assuming that radiation losses amount
to 20 kJ/kg dry air used, determine the mass flow rate of dry air supplied to the dryer and
the humidity of the exit air. The latent heat of water vapour at 295 K = 2449 kJ/kg,
specific heat capacity of dried material = 0.88 kJ/kg K, the specific heat capacity of dry
air = 1.00 kJ/kg K, and the specific heat capacity of water vapour = 2.01 kJ/kg K

3. A moist non hygroscopic granular solid at 26 oC is to be dried from 20% initial moisture
to 0.3% final moisture in a rotary dryer at a rate of 1500 kg/h. The hot air enters the dryer
at 135oC with a humidity of 0.015. With condition that the temperature of the solid
leaving the dryer must not exceed 110 oC and the air velocity must not exceed 1.5 m/s in
order to avoid dust carry over. Specific heat capacity of solid is 0.85 kJ/kgK.
Recommend the diameter, length and other parameters of the dryer.

4. A rotary drier using counter current flow is to be used to dry 25000 lb/hr of wet solid
(PTA) containing 5 weight percent water to a water content of 0.10 weight per cent. The
wet solid enters at 30oC. Ambient air at 300C will be heated to 1560C. Specific heat of
solid is 0.2871. Assuming the number of transfer units to be 1.5, estimate the length and
diameter of the drier.

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