Table 2: Recommended Coffee Grinds  Specific Surface (AW)

The total surface area of a unit mass of

particles.

6
AW =
ϕS ρ P
Source: US Dept. of Commerce

 Volume Mean Diameter (DV)

The number of particles in the mixture
divided by the total volume of the sample
gives the average volume of a particle. The
diameter of such a particle is the volume
II. Screen Anaysis
mean diameter DV.
A sieve analysis is a practice or
procedure used to assess the particle size 1
1 /3
D V ¿[ n
]
distribution of a granular material. X
∑ Di
i=1 pi
The size distribution is often of critical
importance to the way the material performs  Volume Surface Mean Diameter (DS)
in use. A sieve analysis can be performed 1
DS = n
on any type of non-organic or organic X
∑ Di
granular materials including sands, crushed i=1 pi

rock, clays, granite, feldspars, coal, soil, a

 Mass Mean Diameter (DS)
wide range of manufactured powders, grain
Diameter of a spherical particle with a mass
and seeds, down to a minimum size
equal to the mean mass of all the particles
depending on the exact method. Being such
in a population.
a simple technique of particle sizing, it is
n
probably the most common.
D W =¿ ∑ X i D pi
i=1
The Tyler Screen Standard is used

Several formulas are used to calculate III. Coffee Grinder Design

for the Size Analysis and Mixed Particle
Sizes. The formulas for Specific Surface,
Volume Mean Diameter, Volume Surface
Mean Diameter are given in the equations
A spreadsheet program is used for the
calculations for a coffee grinder design.
The spreadsheet program is intended to
calculate the properties of the particle of
the feed and product like the the
 Specific Surface, Volume Mean
Diameter, and Volume Surface Mean
Diameter and if the screen analysis data
is given.

“Grinding Fundamentals” Obtained from:

https://www.coffeechemistry.com/quality/grin
ding/grinding-fundamentals

“Bulk Density Chart”. Obtained from:

“http://www.anval.net/downloads/bulk
%20density%20chart.pdf”