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Experiment 2

The experiment aims to study the Blake Jaw Crusher, determining its capacity, reduction ratio, and verifying Rittinger’s law of crushing. It involves using coal or ore, various sieve screens, and measuring equipment to analyze the crushing process and calculate relevant parameters. The results include the average product size, power consumption, and Rittinger’s constant based on the collected data.

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Experiment 2

The experiment aims to study the Blake Jaw Crusher, determining its capacity, reduction ratio, and verifying Rittinger’s law of crushing. It involves using coal or ore, various sieve screens, and measuring equipment to analyze the crushing process and calculate relevant parameters. The results include the average product size, power consumption, and Rittinger’s constant based on the collected data.

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EXPERIMENT-5

AIM OF THE EXPERIMENT:


To study the Blake Jaw Crusher, and determination of the actual capacity, reduction ratio,
and Verification of Rittinger’s law of Crushing.

MATERIALS / APPARATUS REQUIRED:


1. Coal / Ore

2. Different sieve screens of ASTM size.

3. Black jaw crusher

4. Weight balance

5. Ro-Tap sieve shaker

THEORY:

 Reduction ratio (R): It is the ratio between avg. feed size with respect to product size. It
is always greater than one. For black jaw crusher it varies from 4-7.

Reduction Ratio = avg. feed size / avg. product size

 Capacity: Capacity mainly depends on the length and width of the receiving opening and
width of the discharge.

Mathematically capacity of a Blake Jaw Crusher is given by

T= 0.6 LS

Where, T= capacity per tons per hours

L= length of the receiving opening in inches

S= width of the discharge opening

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 Rittinger’s Law: Rittinger stated that, “Energy expanded during comminution is

proportional to the new surface area created as a result of particle fragmentation’’.


Mathematically, the statement can be represented as:
E = K R(S2 − S1 )
Where, KR is called Rittinger’s constant or work index, and S2 & S1 are the final &
initia1 specific surface areas respectively. In terms of particle diameter, it becomes
Mathematically

E = P/M = KR [1/D2 -1/D1]

Where, P= power required for crushing

M= mass feed rate

D2= avg. product size

D1= avg. feed size

KR= Rittinger’s law constant

PROCEDURE:

1. First of all, 1 kg of dry coal / ore was taken through a weight balance, and was fed into
the Blake jaw crusher, and start the crusher.
2. The time taken for crushing and no. of revolution was noted down (i.e. energy meter
reading).
3. The product size of each case was determined, and then the crushed product is fed to a
stack of sieve vertically arranged in such a way that the sieve having larger openings
are at top, and finer openings are at bottom.
4. The mass retained on each screen get calculated and product size is measured
graphically.

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TABULATION:
TABLE-1
Sl. Sieve Sieve Avg. Particle Mass Mass Cumulative Reciprocal of Avg.
No. No opening size (Dpi) Retained Function Mass function Particle Size (1/Dpi)

TABLE-2

Time for Energy Meter Reading Energy Consumed


Sl Feed
QTY Crushing for Crushing
No. Size Crushing Dry Run

GRAPH:
A graph between reciprocal of avg. particle size (1/Dpi) Vs cumulative mass fraction is
plotted.
CALCULATION:
 The area under the avg. particle size (1/Dpi) Vs cumulative mass fraction graph is
calculated, and the reciprocal of that area gives the avg. product size.
 Power consumption calculated on basis of effective number of revolution of the
rolls.
 Mass feed rate calculated by dividing the total feed mass with total time required
for crushing.
 Rittinger’s constant calculated using the crushing formula mentioned under
Rittinger’s crushing law.

CONCLUSION:
From the above experiment we studied the jaw crusher and capacity, reduction ratio, and
Rittinger’s constant was calculated.

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