Pressure drop calculation tool. Version 1.0.
Last update 11/08/2019
Copyright (C) 2019 CIRAD & CIAT 2019-08-11 v1.0
Authors: Arnaud Chapuis (
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What this file does: this program allows to calculate pressure drop in each element presents in the pipeline (valve, section
AMBIENT CONDITIONS
Pressure 90000 Pa
Temperature 30 °C
PRESSURE DROP THROUGH PIPELINE ELEMENTS
PIPE ENTRANCE (progressive)
D 0.15 m
U 15.4 m/s
Pressure drop 146 Pa
STRAIGHT RUN
D 0.15 m
L 3 m
U 15.4 m/s
Pressure drop 41 Pa
PIPE CONTRACTION
D1 0.15 m
D2 0.1 m
L (of contraction = expansion) 0.2 m
Angle 14.3 °
U1 15.4 m/s
U2 34.65 m/s
Pressure Drop 524 Pa
Friction loss 30.62
SUMMARY OF TOTAL SYSTEM PRESSURE DROP AND DRYER SPECIFICATI
SUMMARY OF PRESSURE DROP THROUGH PIPELINE
Entrance
Straight section 2 hot
Elbow 1 and 2
Venturi
Drying pipe
Bend at top
Contraction 15/10
Elbow 3 0
Total pressure drop 0
OTHER ELEMENTS
Cyclone 788
Heater 0
AIR FLOW RATE DEFINITION
T 30 °C
Nominal diameter 0.15 m
Air velocity 15.4 m/s
Y 0.016 kg/kg da
P 90000 Pa
A1 0.018 m2
Rho 1.025 kg/m3
m_da 0.275 kg da /s
Qv 0.272 m3/s
ELBOW 90°
Type Smooth
D 0.15 m
U 15.4 m/s
Pressure drop 55 Pa
PIPE EXPANSION
D1 0.1 m
D2 0.15 m
L (of contraction = expansion) 0.2 m
Angle 14.3 °
U1 34.65 m/s
U2 15.4 m/s
Pressure Drop -433 Pa
Friction loss 61.25
AND DRYER SPECIFICATIONS
FAN SPECIFICATIONS
Total pressure drop 1000 Pa
Volume flow 980 m3/h
Efficiency blower 0.7
Power 389 W
BEND 180°
Type Progressive
D 0.15 m
U 15.4 m/s
Pressure drop 97 Pa
VENTURI (symetrical)
D1 0.15 m
D2 0.1 m
L (of contraction = expansion) 0.2 m
Angle 14.3 °
U1 15.4 m/s
U2 34.65 m/s
Pressure Drop 184 Pa
Friction loss 91.87
Excel sheet user instructions
To use this tool, you have to choose several input parameters located in colored cells with bold border on the “Main
In a first part, you have to enter the following ambient conditions :
- Pressure (Pa)
- Temperature (°C)
Then, enter the parameters of air flowrate :
- Nominal diameter (m)
- Air velocity (m.s-1)
- Absolute humidity (kgwater.kgda-1)
Depending of the design of your flash dryer, to calculate the pressure drop you have to select all the pipeline eleme
For each element, you have to calculate the pressure drop and then sum up all pressure drop. Do not forget to
cyclone and the heat exchanger calculated in the other excel tools.
Thanks to that, you can calculate the necessary fan power.
Vapor saturation pressure Dry air heat capacity
C1 -5.80E+03 R 287
C2 1.3914993 C1 3.721
C3 -4.86E-02 C2 -1.87E-03
C4 4.18E-05 C3 4.72E-06
C5 -1.45E-08 C4 -3.45E-09
c6 6.55E+00 C5 8.53E-13
T 30 T 3.00E+01
pvsat 4.24603E+03 Cp (J/kg) 1.00E+03
Source Kreith et al., 2000)
Range 300 K - 1000k
Liquid water heat capacity
4180 J/kg.K
Starch heat capacity
1500 J/kg.K
Transport properties
Dynamic viscosity of dry air Dynamic viscosity of steam
a0 1.43E-06 a0
a1 6.56E-08 a1
a2 -2.99E-11 a2
T (K) 303 T (K)
mu (Pa.s) 1.86E-05 mu (Pa.s)
Source Conde engineering* Source Conde engineering*
Range T = 197,15 - 573,15 K Range T = 197,15 - 573,15 K
Steam heat capacity Types of elbow
R 462 Standard
C1 4.132 Square
C2 -1.56E-03 Smooth
C3 5.32E-06
C4 -4.21E-09
C5 1.28E-12 Type of 180° bend
T 3.00E+01 Progressive
Cp (J/kg) 1.87E+03 Lv0 (J/kg) 2.50E+06 Sharp
Source Kreith et al., 2000)
Range 300 K - 1000k
ity of steam
-9.75E-07
3.59E-08
2.42E-13
303
9.93E-06
nde engineering*
= 197,15 - 573,15 K
pes of elbow
pe of 180° bend
