Allied & ICAR Exam Bank • ALLIED_1252 NAT • 2 Marks

Section 6: Agricultural Process Engineering

Size Reduction and Milling

Subtopic: Rittinger's Law

Question Statement:

In a grain milling operation conforming to Rittinger's law ($E = K_R \left[\frac{1}{d_2} - \frac{1}{d_1}\right]$), grinding grain from an initial average size of $d_1 = 5.0\text{ mm}$ to $d_2 = 1.0\text{ mm}$ consumes $8.0\text{ kW}\cdot\text{h/tonne}$. If the material is further ground to $d_3 = 0.5\text{ mm}$, the total energy required from the original 5.0 mm size in kW$\cdot$h/tonne is:

Answer Key:

18.0

Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation

$E_1 = K_R [1/1.0 - 1/5.0] = K_R [1.0 - 0.2] = 0.8 K_R = 8.0 \implies K_R = 10.0$. For reduction to 0.5 mm: $E_{total} = K_R [1/0.5 - 1/5.0] = 10.0 [2.0 - 0.2] = 10.0 [1.8] = 18.0\text{ kW}\cdot\text{h/tonne}$.
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