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International Agrophysics
publisher:Institute of Agrophysics
Polish Academy of Sciences
Lublin, Poland
ISSN: 0236-8722


vol. 13, nr. 3 (1999)

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Application of a discharge tubes in the grain silos (a technical note)
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Kobielak S., Shalouf F.F.
Institute of Building Engineering, Technical University of Wrocław, Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

vol. 13 (1999), nr. 3, pp. 401-403
abstract Dynamic pressures on the silo during the flow of materials is high and causes failure of silos. In this paper the authors desribe a device that reduces dynamic pressures and improves the flow of materials by means of a discharge tube.
keywords silo, bulk solids, discharge tube, pressure reduction, application