Our Expertise
BMEA has extensive expertise in all areas of bulk materials handling and prides itself on delivering customised programs of work tailored to meet your exact needs.
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BULK MATERIAL FLOW PROPERTIES
- Measurement techniques for wet and dry bulk solids
- Wall yield loci and wall friction angle determination
- Instantaneous and time yield loci, flow function and effective angle of friction
- Particle/solids density
- Bulk density (e.g. loose-poured, tapped, vibrated)
- Angle of repose (drained/poured)
- Particle sizing (mechanical sieving/laser)
- Moisture content and saturated moisture content determination
- Determination of maximum strength moisture content
- Powder aeration, deaeration and settling
- Transportable moisture limit (TML) determination
BIN AND HOPPER DESIGN
- Hopper half angle and critical outlet dimensions
- Plane flow and axisymmetric flow
- Mass flow and funnel flow
- Arching and critical rathole dimensions
- Flowrate prediction
- Feeder loads
- Predicting the loads/pressures exerted on hopper walls
- Design and analysis of bin dischargers and feeders
SIMULATION MODELLING
- Discrete element modelling (DEM)
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- Coupled DEM-CFD simulations of solid/gas interactions
- Material testing for DEM and CFD calibration purposes
- Determination of material model parameters
- Simulation Modelling of industrial applications
- Third-party verification of design solutions
DUST CONTROL
- Dustiness testing (Australian and International standard testers)
- Dust extinction moisture determination
- Dust lift-off determination
- Design and analysis of dust control systems
- Modelling of dust suppression systems (e.g. dry fogging)
PNEUMATIC CONVEYING
- Fluidised dense-phase
- Dilute-phase flow of powders and granules
- Low-velocity slug-flow
- Powder fluidisation, deaeration and settling
- Dust-fume control systems
- Dust explosion hazards and control measures
BELT CONVEYING
- Gravity chute and conveyor transfers
- Maximum belt inclination angles
- Chute inclination angles
- Determination of minimum chute slopes
TROUBLESHOOTING AND DESIGN AUDITS
- Troubleshooting of plant and process problems
- Analysis, evaluation and/or optimisation of existing systems
- Feasibility studies
- Technical and/or safety audits of handling plants and processes involving bulk solids
- Independent review of contracts, bids and specs for new equipment, processes and/or plants
- R&D of new industrial technologies relating to bulk solids handling and dust-fume control
- Concept design parameters, hardware and operating requirements and equipment layout