Engineering Principles of Agricultural Machines 2nd Edition

Chapter 14
Conveying of Agricultural Materials____________________491
Introduction................................................................................................................ 491
14.1 Screw Conveyors............................................................................................. 491
14.1.1 Screw conveyor methods and equipment............................................... 491
14.1.2 Theory of screw conveyors......................................................................492
14.1.3 Screw conveyor performance.................................................................. 494
14.2 Pneumatic Conveyors.......................................................................................499
14.2.1 Pneumatic conveyor methods and equipment........................................499
14.2.2 Theory of pneumatic conveyors.............................................................. 502
14.2.3 Pneumatic conveyor performance........................................................... 510
14.3 Bucket Elevators.............................................................................................. 511

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14.3.1 Theory of bucket elevators.......................................................................512
14.3.2 Bucket elevator capacity..........................................................................514
14.3.2 Bucket elevator pow er............................................................................. 514
14.4 Forage B low ers................................................................................................ 515
14.4.1 Theory of forage blowers......................................................................... 516
14.4.2 Energy requirements of forage blow ers................................................. 519
14.4.3 Forage blower performance.....................................................................521
14.5 Miscellaneous Conveyors............................................................................... 521
14.5.1 Belt conveyors.......................................................................................... 521
14.5.2 Bulk or mass conveyors........................................................................... 523
Problems...................................................................................................................... 524