Bucket Elevator (Discrete Flow)

Overview

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Size / Design Variable

Throughput

Costing Variable
(Built-in Model)

Bucket Width, Bucket Height, Length

Costing Variable
(User-Defined Model)

Length in m

Emissions Port

No

Hosts

Discrete Transport by Bucket Elevator Procedure

 

A Bucket Elevator (Discrete Flow) is used to represent an equipment resource used to host a transport procedure with the objective to elevate discrete entities in a bucket. The procedure can be executed in a batch or continuous mode.

Bucket Elevator (Discrete Flow): Equipment Tab

See Bucket Elevator (Bulk Flow): Equipment Tab.

Sizing

This unit only has Rating Mode of equipment sizing. The user always specifies the bucket width and height and the vertical lift (length).

Costing

Equipment purchase cost is based on the vertical lift length, the bucket width, the bucket height and material of construction. It is supplied by the built-in model assuming as material of construction CS.