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Guidelines for the acceptable ranges of flow velocity for various fluids found
in a sugar factory
Goodall
Velocity [m/s]
Water for space heating
Saturated steam
30
50
Superheated steam
50
100
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Raw
/lb
15.17
Hugot
Velocity [m/s]
Superheated steam
40
76
Saturated steam
24
37
Exhaust (wet/oily)
31
46
Bled vapour
37
49
46
76
Water
1.25
Juice
1.2
Syrup
0.5
Molasses
0.25
0.5
Massecuites
0.1
0.2
Water
1.25
2.5
Juice
1.2
Syrup
0.75
1.25
Molasses
0.5
0.75
Massecuites
0.15
0.3
Suction
Delivery
Lyle
Velocity [m/s]
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Water
1.22
2.44
Superheated steam
46
61
31
40
21
31
46
61
61
107
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Velocity [m/s]
High pressure steam
41
61
61
76
Water general
2.54
3.81
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ft/s
0.5 0.7
1.6
-8.2
Tap water
1.0 2.5
3.3 8.2
Cooling water
1.5 2.5
4.9 8.2
0.5 1.0
1.6 3.3
1.5 2.5
4.9 8.2
Condensate
1.0 2.0
3.3 6.5
Heating circulation
1.0 3.0
3.3 9.8
Steam
m/s
25 - 40
82 131
- 60
- 197
30-40
99 131
- 50
- 164
- 25
- 82
m/s
- 0.5
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ft/s
Oil
ft/s
-1.6
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0.1 0.2
0.3 0.65
1.0 2.0
3.3 6.5
- 1.0
- 3.3
Air
m/s
ft/s
12 - 20
40 66
1-3
3.3 9.8
0.8 1.0
2.6 3.3
8 - 15
26 49
20 30
66 98
1.8 - 4
5.9 13
2.0 4.5
6.5 15
Exhaust gas
m/s
ft/s
- 4.0
- 13
- 5.0
- 16
5.0 8.0
16 - 26
10 - 15 31 - 49
15 - 25
49 82
3.0 4.0
9.8 13
m/s ft/s
m/s
ft/s
15 - 25
30
120
400
40 - 50
7.5
25
90
300
65 - 100
20
75
250
150 - 200
20
70
225
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250 - 400
4.5
15
Liquid
mm
m/s ft/s
55
175
Steam or Gas
m/s
ft/s
15 - 25
13.5 45
135
450
40 - 50
12
105
350
65 - 100
10.5 35
90
300
150 - 200
30
85
275
250 - 400
7.5
25
70
225
40
References
Goodall, Efficient Use of Steam, pg 192 Table 9.5
Hugot, Handbook of Cane Sugar Engineering, pg 1058 Table 47.6 and
pg 1123 Table 45.2
Lyle, Efficient Use of Steam, pg 132 Table XXVII
Babcock & Wilcox, Steam: Its Generation and Usage
http://www.steamesteem.com/index.html?tables
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