249-Bulk Silos for Biomass Facilities
By: Allen Wiley, P.E.
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Course Objective
This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.
Course Description
Bulk silos are an essential part of most biomass and some forest products facilities. They are used for intermediate storage of partially processed raw material and storage of final product. The purpose of this course is to familiarize the engineer with the use of these silos, so that he can adequately specify them and provide for them in a plant layout.
On completing this course, the student should be able to:
- Determine the volume and weight storage requirements.
- Understand choices of different wall materials and constructions.
- Specify accessories that will be needed, including fire protection requirements and explosion protection.
- Understand the concept of "aspect ratio" of a silo.
- Understand the need for "mass flow" from a silo.
- Understand the difference between screw reclaim and passive reclaim.
- Estimate the working volume, height and diameter of a silo for a proposed application.
Review of: Bulk Silos for Biomass Facilities
Jeffrey Brunson
09/06/2022
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Good content. Good example problem on the test.
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249-Bulk Silos for Biomass Facilities
James Fawcett
08/21/2018
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Good course featuring the basics and good test questions....no tricks.
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249-Bulk Silos for Biomass Facilities
Michael D. Klein
01/12/2018
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Recommend a glossary of terms. Course information provided was comprehensive with useful design informative. The course material example problem and test problem represented typical design calculations.
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