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SiloCapCal - Silo Capacity 1.05
A fast and efficient tool forcalculatingthevolume and actual holding capacity of a cylindricalsilo eitherofa flat bottom design or having a truncated conicaldischargehopperwith circular outlet.This tool was developed by a consulting engineer andisintendedto help a wide audience including bulkmaterialshandlingengineers, project engineers, factory operators,studentsand ofcourse silo, tank and hopper manufacturers.* For volume calculations the app requires thesilodiameter,height, outlet diameter (if flat bottomed silo) andconeangle withoutlet diameter (for conical outlet silo).Allnon-dependent fieldscan be left empty or set with 0values.* Storage capacity capability can also be calculated byenteringthebulk handling properties of the material which will fillthesiloand used for storage calculations. The user is requiredtoinputknown data such as bulk density and the angle of reposefortheparticular material.Bulk material properties are widely available, butforquickreference some commonly used materials are listed inthehelpsection.It should be noted that the angle of repose of a materialisbasedon the material filling the silo from the top via acentralinlet, inmost cases for powders this can be set at 45degrees andfor freeflowing granular materials 25 degrees should besuitablein mostcases. If you are not sure of the angle of reposefor thematerialthen set it high, as this will make sure the siloholdswhat isrequired.A useful feature for project engineers and silo designersistheability to set top headspace height (empty void ofcylinderabovematerial peak) so that a section of the silo can beleft outof theworking capacity calculation for times whenexplosionprotectiondevices and sensors might need fitting in thetop of thecylinder,or purely to ensure the silo will hold thedesired storagecapacityeven if the bulk density of the materialvaries slightly.Thematerial bulk density very often variesdepending on productgrade,moisture content and other environmentalconditions.It should be noted that if using this tool to calculatedeadloadsfor civil engineering purpose then the weight of thesiloitself mustbe added to the storage capacity plus the bulkdensityof thematerial is normally increased by 25% for settledmaterialsso havinga higher packed density.
