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Lecture 3: Exercise On Measurement of Quantities

This document outlines several exercises involving calculations related to slurry measurements and properties. Exercise (i) and (ii) calculate specific gravity and percent solids of lime and quartz slurries. Exercise (iii) calculates the tonnage of solids pumped per hour when two slurry streams with different flow rates and solids percentages are mixed. Exercise (iv) determines the mass of magnetite needed to be added to water to create a slurry with a given specific gravity. Exercise (v) converts between different pressure and gas constant units. Exercise (vi) is a quiz question that calculates the mass flow rate of one slurry stream given properties of another reference stream.

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Lecture 3: Exercise On Measurement of Quantities

This document outlines several exercises involving calculations related to slurry measurements and properties. Exercise (i) and (ii) calculate specific gravity and percent solids of lime and quartz slurries. Exercise (iii) calculates the tonnage of solids pumped per hour when two slurry streams with different flow rates and solids percentages are mixed. Exercise (iv) determines the mass of magnetite needed to be added to water to create a slurry with a given specific gravity. Exercise (v) converts between different pressure and gas constant units. Exercise (vi) is a quiz question that calculates the mass flow rate of one slurry stream given properties of another reference stream.

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Lecture 3: Exercise on measurement of quantities.

Content  

Exercise (i) Specific gravity of slurry 

Exercise (ii) % solids in slurry  

Exercise (iii)Mixing of slurry streams 

Exercise (iv)Slurry making 

Exercise (v)Units 

Exercise (vi)Quiz question 

Exercise – (I) specific gravity of slurry 

Calculate specific gravity of slurry which contains 65% lime. The specific gravity of lime is 2600 kg/m3. 
Also calculate volume of slurry. 

Substituting the values in equation 1of lecture 2  

65   

By solving ρ  specific gravity of slurry  1667   

Volume of slurry in percent  65 41.66%  

Exercise – (II):  % solids in slurry  

 A slurry stream containing quartz is diverted into a 1 liter can. Time taken to fill is 8 seconds. The 
density of the slurry and quartz is 1400 kg/m3 and 2600 kg/m3 respectively. Calculate (a) percent solids 
by weight and (b) mass flow rate quartz within slurry. 

Substituting the values in equation 1 of lecture 2 

% solid %x   

                                

                               =45.88%. 

Equation 3 of lecture 2  

F
M kg/hr   
F m ⁄hr.  

M 1400 0.4588  

=289kg/hr. 

If the time to fill the can is 7s,rest everything remains the same, calculate mass flow rate of quartz in 
slurry. 

Answer =330 kg/hr 

Exercise (III) Mixing of slurry streams 

Two slurry streams enter a pump. One stream has flow rate of 5m3/hr and contains 40% solids by 
weight. Other stream has 3.4 m3/hr flow rate and contains 55% solids by weight. Density of solid is 
3000kg m‐3 in both slurry streams. Calculate tonnage of any solids pumped/hr. 

To solve the problem, use the following steps. 

1. Calculate density of slurry streams  ρM 1364 kg m and 1579    


2. Calculate mass flow rate of slurry M 2728 and M 2953 kg⁄hr   
3. Add mass flow rate which will give 5.681T/hr. 

Exercise (IV) Slurry making 

Calculate how many kg of magnetite must be added to 100kg water to make up a slurry with specific 
gravity  ρ 1.4. g/cm . 

Specific gravity of  Fe O4 5.2g/cm    

. . . .
Wt % solid = 35.4 %. 
. . . .

Wt % water =100 – 35.4=64.6 % 

M %
    
MH O . %

%
M 100  
. %

=155kg 

Mass of magnetite =155‐100 =55kg  
Exercise (V) Units 

a) Convert 360 mm Hg pressure into (a)N/m2 and (b)Lb/ft2  
Answer = 47995.2 N/m2 and 1002.4 Lb/ft2 
b) Calculate the value of universal gas constant into (a)CGS unit and (b)MKS unit . given  
C
R 82.0578  . The problem is solved in lecture 2. 
c) Pressure in an evacuated vessel was recorded 1.2dynes/Cm2. Express this value in microns of 
mercury at 25 . 
Answer 1.596 micron. 

Exercise (VI) Quiz question 

Two streams of slurry enter a pump. The volumetric flow rate of stream2 is 0.68 times and density is 
1.16 times that of slurry no. 1 respectively. if density of slurry no.1is 1364 kg/m3 . Then mass flow rate 
(M1) of slurry stream no.1is  

 
(A) M 0.72 M            (B) M 0.92 M                (C) M 1.5 M  

              (D)  M 0.8 M                    

M  is mass flow rate of slurry 2 

One can derive the following equation expressing mass flow rates in terms volume flow rates and 
density of slurry  

M F M
                         
M F M

M  and M  mass flow rate of stream 1 and 2  

F   and F  volume flow rate of stream 1 and 2   

ρM  and ρM   density of slummy 1 and 2. 

Using above equation: F 0.68 F and ρM 1.16 ρM . 

M 0.92 M   ‘B’ is correct. 

    

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