Filling

General Description

This unit operation simulates the filling of a container (discrete entity) with a certain amount of bulk material. Filling is a common step in product formulation and packaging operations. The flowrate of either the bulk line (top stream) or the container line (bottom stream) is adjusted by the program to synchronize the flowrates of the two input streams. The synchronization of the two feed streams is based on the value of bulk amount per container that is specified by the user.

Unit Procedure Availability

      Filling Procedure

Filling: Modeling Calculations

Equipment Sizing

If the equipment size option is in Design Mode and the operating throughput exceeds the maximum throughput, then, the program assumes multiple, identical units operating in parallel with an operating throughput of less than the maximum. If the equipment size option is in Rating Mode and the operating throughput exceeds the rated throughput of the step (which is equal to the rated throughput of each unit times the number of units), a warning message is displayed advising the user to increase the number of units or reduce the operating throughput.

To account for electricity consumption, the user can either specify the power demand (in kW) or the specific power requirement (in kW/parts-min). In the second case, the specific power requirement times the operating throughput yields the power consumption.

Filling: Interface

The interface of this operation has the following tabs:

      Oper. Cond’s, see Filling: Oper. Conds Tab

      Utilities, see Discrete Throughput Operations: Utilities Tab

      Labor, etc, see Operations Dialog: Labor etc. Tab

      Description, see Operations Dialog: Description Tab

      Batch Sheet, see Operations Dialog: Batch Sheet Tab

      Scheduling, see Operations Dialog: Scheduling Tab