CFI Controlled Flow Inverted cone silo

Continuously operating storage silo Free space under inverted cone bottom Low maintenance costs

Main features
Continuously operating storage silo Only two sixths, two eighths or two tenths of the silo bottom (depending on silo diameter) are aerated at the same time. Controlled flow Low maintenance costs Free space under inverted cone bottom

Improves quality and profit

FLS has developed the CFI storage silo for cement and related products. The design of the CFI storage silo for cement and related products is based on experience gained with the CF (Controlled Flow) raw meal blending and storage silo.

The keyword in developing the CFI silo is reliability. The challenge facing the designer is to ensure that the silo empties one hundred per cent, while minimising the specific power consumption for aeration. The CFI meets this challenge in the following way:

The specific power consumption is kept low by aerating only two sections at the same time. The inverted cone at the silo base reduces the need for aeration. A large part of the silo contents is kept moving during the extraction process due to the change of outlet every five minutes.

The inverted cone type silo requires no columns under the silo bottom, which allows more space for equipment. Each aeration section slopes 15 degrees towards its outlet.

Materials Handling

The aeration system includes filters that prevent material from entering and eventually blocking up the entire aeration system.

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Sounding pipe Silopilot Manhole at silotop Pressure equalising valve Nivopilot Aeration Silo discharge Fluxoslide Tank Tank outlet Fluxoslide from tank Fluxo filling system Manhole Dedusting filter Rotary blower Filter for aeration

Description
Silos with diameters ranging from 10 to 25 m are based on the same overall configuration. An elevator or an air controlled lifting device continuously supplies material to the silo. The top deck of the silo contains all the necessary standard components such as manholes, over- and underpressure valves, and level indicators. The silo bottom is divided into six, eight or ten sections (depending on silo diameter), each sloping 15 degrees towards their respective outlets in the inverted cone. Each of the sections is fitted with aeration boxes. Two sections at a time are aerated for approximately 5 minutes. The air supply system to each section includes a filter

that cleans the air and prevents material from entering in case of pipe breakage inside the silo. Two rotary blowers supply air to the aeration boxes at a pressure of 0.8 bar. The air is distributed via a pipe system with two-way solenoid valves, one for each silo bottom section. The rotary blowers have noise-reduced blow off pipes that let out the fluidisation air when the pressure reaches a certain level. Each extraction outlet through the inverted cone is equipped with aeration boxes and allows manual cleaning by air lances. Each outlet has a manually operated slide gate and a pneumatically regulated cut off gate. From the silo outlets the material passes via airslides to the feed tank. The airslides each have a separate fan that

only operates while the airslide is in use. The feed tank is aerated by a single rotary blower operating at a pressure of 0.8 bar. On the tank top is a dedusting filter while the tank bottom has one or more pneumatically regulated flow control gates. These gates close quickly (within two seconds) and allow regulating the rate of flow to packers or bulk loading devices.

Filter for aeration

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