I am developing a moisture control system.I will start by explaining what I have at the moment.I am weighing material on a belt with a belt scale and it is anywhere from 32 - 36 tons per hour. I am also measuring the moisture in the material that is between 2 - 4%. For example , I am taking 32 TPH *2000= 64,000 lbs an hour. I am taking 64,000 *.02 ( for 2%)and determining that 1,280 lbs of this weight is water. We make our product at about 10% moisture , so the operator would select an additional 8% of water that would be an additional 5,120 lbs of water per hour. Divide this by 60 and we have 85.3 pounds a minute. This is what I would like to convert to gallons per minute and send that to a water valve. The flow valve is set for gallons per minute.
My question is, that I need to convert Pounds of water a minute to Gallons of water a minute. I weighed a gallon of water and it weighs 8.616 lbs. I am using a ControlLogix plc , and I was wondering which instructions and methods would
be best to use. I think I have everything working like I want it to, but I am stuck on this issue. But please feel free to let me know if something else does not make sense.
Thanks in advance , and have a great weekend.
My question is, that I need to convert Pounds of water a minute to Gallons of water a minute. I weighed a gallon of water and it weighs 8.616 lbs. I am using a ControlLogix plc , and I was wondering which instructions and methods would
be best to use. I think I have everything working like I want it to, but I am stuck on this issue. But please feel free to let me know if something else does not make sense.
Thanks in advance , and have a great weekend.