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FEES Delegate Registration: $1850 + GST 5 or more delegates receive a 10% discount. All fees must be paid prior to the event.

Fees include program notes, laboratory sessions (where applicable), lunches and refreshments.

TUNRA Bulk SolidsThe University of Newcastle,Callaghan, NSW, 2308 AustraliaTel: +61 2 4033 9039

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If you are unable to attend the event a substitute delegate is welcomed at no extra charge. If notification of withdrawal is received no less than 14 days prior to the event, 80% of the fee will be refunded. No refunds will be made if notification of cancellation is received less than 13 days prior to the date of the event. The organisers reserve the right to alter or cancel the program due to unforeseen circumstances. In the event of cancellation, a full refund of fees will be made.

GENERAL INFORMATIONREGISTRATION FORM

This registration form should be forwarded together with payment to: TUNRA Bulk SolidsNewcastle Institute for Energy and Resources, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308, AustraliaTel: +61 2 4033 9055, Fax:+61 2 4033 9044Email: danielle.harris@newcastle.edu.au

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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE

Bulk Solids Handling

Grain Handling

2-Day Course26 - 27 July 2017

NEWCASTLE

Bulk Solids Handling Grain Handling

BIN CHEN

COURSE PRESENTERS 2 DAY COURSE OUTLINE2 DAY COURSE OUTLINE

COURSE AIMSINTRODUCTION

FLOW PROPERTIES

TRANSFER CHUTES & DUST CONTROL

SILO LOADS & DESIGN

• Brief historical review• Gravity discharge – Modes of flow• Mass flow, Funnel flow, Expanded flow, Intermediate flow• Typical storage bin shapes – Industrial case studies• Influence of bin discharge flow patterns on wall loads

• Review of Test Procedures• Jenike direct shear, annual shear tests, triaxial and

uniaxial tests• Wall friction tests• Compressibility

• Basic principals of chute design• Dynamic modelling of hood & spoon for optimum

accelerated flow• Optimising chute profiles for feeding, transfer & wear

control • Dust control in chute operations• Applications of DEM & CFD in chute design • Case study examples: ship loading • Special Cases: Moving chutes

• Symmetric, Eccentric Discharge• Wall load theory & design objectives• Design standards AS3774/96, Euro code• Flow patterns & stress fields during storage & flow• Influence of temperature, expansion & contraction on

wall loads• Moisture variations grain swelling • Stringy bulk materials permeability control• Load control• Positioning of load-out, chutes• Case studies: silo loadout review analysis

• Theory of pulsating flow & influence of bin geometry• Laboratory pilot scale studies• Bin vibration analysis & shock wave transmission• Case studies: wheat silo fertiliser bin

• DEM, FEA grain silo collapse South America

• Loads on columns & structural support members in stockpiles & enclosed bulk storage systems

• Influence of draw down flow patterns on stress fields & column loads

• Case study: Loads on support column in large bulk fertiliser storage shed

• Belt conveyors• Screw conveyors• Bucket elevators• Chain conveyors

• Screw feeders• Screws • Screws & tube feeders• Spreaders & slingers

Topics may be varied to suit delegate interest

ABOUT TUNRA BULK SOLIDS

This course is aimed at designers, practitioners and users associated with the agricultural industry. The purpose of this course is to provide participants with an up to date review with salient aspects of the safe storage, handling and conveying of bulk agricultural grains and related products. Topics include; relevant flow properties, silo loads and failures, transfer chutes, dust control, structural members buried in bulk storage systems, mechanical conveying for on-farm and grain terminal applications. Day one is a general overview and day two will cover more specific topics such as silo quaking, load and failure analysis, load control and transfer chutes including DEM. W PROPERTIES

TUNRA Bulk Solids Handling Research Associates (TBS) is built upon the strong foundations of education, research and consultancy in Bulk Solids Technology, which have been in place at Newcastle, Australia for over 40 years.

TBS provides contract research, professional consultancy and education to the resource and process industries, having completed over 4000 research and consultancy projects for approximately 1000 companies in Australia and 40 other countries. The group is averaging over 250 industrial projects per year.

FURTHER INFORMATIONShould you require any further information regarding the course or other services offered by TBS, please contact:

TUNRA Bulk SolidsThe University of NewcastleCallaghan, NSW, 2308 AustraliaTel: +61 2 4033 9055, Fax:+61 2 4033 9044Email: danielle.harris@newcastle.edu.auwww.bulksolids.com.au

ALAN ROBERTS

PAUL MUNZENBERGER

TIM DONOHUE

Emeritus Professor Alan Roberts AM is the Founding Director of TUNRA Bulk Solids. He is an Honorary Fellow of Engineers Australia, Member of the I Mech. E. (U.K.) and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. He has received several awards including: Institution Award Medal, Sir George Julius and A.G.M. Michell Medals from Engineers Australia, Solids Handling Award, Institution of Mechanical Engineers U.K.; Lifetime Achievement Award of British Materials Handling Board, Member of the Order of Australia and Centenary Medal. His research and consulting in the field of bulk solids handling spans a period of 50 years. He has published 5 design manuals and over 350 research papers.

Dr Tim Donohue is the Business Unit Manager at TUNRA Bulk Solids. He has completed a number of projects in the materials handling field, with transfer chute design and passive dust control research being particularly important and his current areas of expertise. Through both research and consulting projects he has become proficient with Discrete Element Modelling (DEM) as well as Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software, and he utilises them in solving industrial problems.

Dr Bin Chen is a Consulting Engineer at TUNRA Bulk Solids. He has over 10 years consulting and research experience in bulk solids handling, which has involved a combination of design and evaluation, theoretical modelling, CFD and DEM. His activities have covered a broad area of bulk materials handling design and consultancy, e.g. transfer chutes, silos/hoppers, feeders, train loadout systems, stackers and reclaimers, ship loading/unloading systems, and prediction of silo wall loads and quaking.

Dr Paul Munzenberger is a research and consulting engineer at TUNRA Bulk Solids. He completed an apprenticeship as a Fitter and Machinist in early 2001, and spent several years involved in the maintenance and repair of belt conveyors, and other associated coal handing and preparation equipment. He completed his Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Newcastle in 2007 with first class honors; whereupon, he assumed his position with TUNRA Bulk Solids. He has just recently completed his PhD in the field of belt conveying technology.

SILO QUAKING & SHOCK LOADS

WALL LOADS BURIED STRUCTURAL MEMBERS

MECHANICAL HANDLING & CONVEYING

FEEDING OF GRAIN & BULK PRODUCTS