<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The three numbers that I've seen people quote for moving particles via air are static pressure, volumetric air flow, and velocity. A shop vac rates OK for velocity, and low for the other two. This limits the amount and kind of particles that it can move. I've never tried a shop vac on rice hulls, and it might work, as Tony suggests. On the other hand, a powerful shop vac can cost as much as, or more than, a modest woodworking dust collector. <div><br></div><div>Derek<br><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 1, 2012, at 1:41 PM, Anthony Novelli wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">Greetings Friends,<br><br>The first thing that came to mind in trying to move a lot of rice hulls was to use a good sized shop vac. Seems like you could attach one to the top of a 55-gal drum and rotate the drums out?<br><br>I certainly defer to Paul for the best solution, though curious as to why this wouldn't work and be fairly inexpensive?<br><br>Best wishes all-round.<br>Tony<br></span></blockquote></div><br><div>
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