Design process of the pipe conveyor systems

Abstract

Pipe conveyor systemis a breakthrough in the bulk solids handling technology, thanks to its advantages: long distance handling, flexible in the difficult terrains where normal conveyors can not do such as curved and sloping roads, material saving and environmental protection, neatly arranged but not less output capacity. For the pipe conveyors design, until now we have to use a number of experimental data that limits our activities in the design of many pipe conveyor systems in practice. Through this paper, the author would like to introduce the modified design process of the common one used by CEMA, considering special characters of the pipe conveyors; the software for pipe conveyor parameters calculation, which are verified by the model for cements transportation. The process will help us to complete a design for different pipe conveyor systems.