A rationally based model applicable for heat pump tumble dryer

The present study proposes a rationally based heat pump clothes dryer model which is capable of handling transient behaviors of both air-side and refrigerant side. The model can take into account the geometrical variation of the heat exchangers. Yet the proposed model is free from extra constraints that were normally imposed by previous studies. The simulation shows that there exist three stages in a typical drying process, including a preheat stage, followed by a constant evaporation stage, and finally a falling drying rate period. The calculation indicates that the variation of the clothes temperature and the system suction/discharge pressure show an appreciable rise in the first stage, remain nearly unchanged at the second stage, and increase again at the final stage of drying process. Also, the corresponding maximum specific moisture extraction rate (SMER) peaks at the end of the second stage while the corresponding coefficient of performance (COP) drops continuously. The simulation also indicates that increasing the air volumetric flowrate yields a lower discharge/suction pressure, a higher COP value, and a shorter drying time. The results also suggested that a good strategy to maximize COP is initiated by a low volumetric rate during the preheat stage, increasing it during the second stage and lowering it to an intermediate flowrate at the end of the drying period. Increasing heat exchanger size, either by increasing heat exchanger width or the number of tube row, results in a lower suction/discharge pressure and a shorter drying time. Although both approaches adopt larger surface area to promote overall performance, it is found that increasing the width of heat exchanger yields more effective results.     

振动流化床的设计计算

对振动流化床的基础研究资料进行分析和归纳，结合实际选型经验，提出振动流化床的设计计算方法。     

Modeling a fluidized bed reactor by integrating various scales: Pore,particle, and reactor

This work proposes a novel population-balance based model for a bubbling fluidized bed reactor. This model considers two continuum phases: bubble and emulsion. The evolution of the bubble size distribution was modeled using a population balance, considering both axial and radial motion. This sub-model involves a new mathematical form for the aggregation frequency, which predicts the migration of bubbles from the reactor wall toward the reactor center. Additionally, reacting particles were considered as a Lagrangian phase, which exchanges mass with emulsion phases. For each particle, the variation of the pore size distribution was also considered. The model presented here accurately predicted the experimental data for biochar gasification in a lab-scale bubbling fluidized bed reactor. Finally, the aggregation frequency is shown to serve as a scaling parameter.     

循环流化床中C类颗粒的干燥

为将循环流化床(CFB)技术应用于C类颗粒(＜30μm)的干燥,在自建的循环流化床(内径0.104 m×高2.35 m)内,以玉米淀粉(dp=8 μm,ρp=800 kg/m3)为研究对象,考察了不同操作参数对其干燥特性及干湿分离情况的影响.结果表明:循环流化床适用于C类颗粒的干燥;干燥速率随气速及进风温度的增大而增大...     

NIRO两段流化床干燥器运行情况分析和总结

介绍了从丹麦进口的NIRO两段流化床干燥器的工艺特点,并结合生产实际,对流化床干燥器运行过程出现的问题进行了总结。     

Modeling of heat pump tumble dryer energy consumption and drying time

The use of heat pump tumble dryers is nowadays more common because they offer huge energy savings compared to conventional tumble dryers. Earlier studies made on conventional tumble dryers have shown that parameters such as heater power, fan speed, drum speed, weight and initial moisture content of textiles and air leakage have a huge impact on the energy efficiency and drying time. In the present study, a modified commercial heat pump tumble dryer was evaluated for energy consumption and drying time by changing operating parameters including fan speed, drum speed, and mass load. The total energy consumption and drying time were measured and corrected for the initial and final moisture content in the textiles. The experimental results based on 27 drying tests were evaluated to develop linear regression models for energy consumption and drying time, which show a good agreement with the experimental data. The results show that a large mass load, a high drum speed, and a low fan speed give the highest energy efficiency, i.e. the lowest energy consumption per kg of drying load. Larger loads extend the length of the drying cycle while higher fan and drum speeds result in shorter drying time.     

卧式多室流化床干燥器在PVC生产中的应用

介绍了传热过程、PVC颗粒特性及床层压力、风速、风温等影响PVC树脂流化床干燥器产能的因素,指出了流化床干燥器的控制要点及异常现象,并提出了详细的应对措施。     

Kinetics of ultrasound pretreated apple cubes dried in fluidized bed dryer

Abstract

This work evaluated the effect of ultrasonic pretreatment on the production of dehydrated apples (Malus domestica L. var Granny Smith) in a fluidized bed dryer. Cube-shaped apple samples were subjected to ultrasound in an ultrasonic bath and dried in a fluidized bed drier. The experimental design evaluated the effect of ultrasound pretreatment time (0 to 30?min) on the soluble solids loss during pretreatment and on the drying time. The ultrasonic pretreatment was carried out in a bath ultrasound operating at 25?kHz and outputting 55?W/m³ of power density. Distilled water was applied in the pretreatment to produce low-calorie apple cubes. Fluidized bed drying was carried out at 30, 40, and 50?°C. Fick’s law was used to model the drying process and to determine the apparent water diffusivity. The soluble solid loss ranged between 8.7 and 21.2% during the pretreatment, and the apparent water diffusivity during air drying ranged from 1.09?×?10^?6 to 2.81?×?10^?6 m²/min. Ultrasound pretreatment increased the apparent water diffusivity up to 58%. Apple cubes subjected to 20?min of ultrasound pretreatment and dried at 50?°C presented the highest apparent water diffusivity and dried to achieve a water activity of 0.4 in 100?min.     

Radiative heat transfer in circulating fluidized bed furnaces

Three methods of estimating the effective emissivity of a gas-particle suspension are compared and the radiative heat transfer coefficient of an isothermal suspension is defined. Heat flux measurements obtained from circulating fluidized bed combustors are examined. Radiation from a particle suspension with core temperature dominates the radiative heat transfer in the upper part of the furnace, where the particle density is low and no substantial particle boundary layers are formed. Over the lower parts of the heat transfer surfaces, where significant thermal and particle boundary layers are present, the radiative heat flux is dominated by emission from the relatively low temperature particle layer in the vicinity of the heat receiving surface.     

From hygroscopic single particle to batch fluidized bed drying kinetics

A new normalization concept for convective drying of hygroscopic particulates is introduced. Both, intraparticle drying kinetics and sorption equilibrium are considered separately, and integrated into a new heterogeneous fluid bed model for coupled heat and mass transfer. Experiments were carried out using spherical γ-Al₂O₃ particles. Sorption isotherms, as well as drying curves, for single particles and fluidized beds have been measured. Batch fluid bed drying curves appear to be predictable on the basis of single particle and material equilibrium data and with the help of the model. All model parameters are directly taken, or estimated from fluidization literature, without any fitting.     

Role of bed height and amount of dust on the efficiency of sound‐assisted fluidized bed filter/afterburner

A 40‐mm sound‐assisted fluidized bed filter/afterburner for hot gas clean‐up has been characterized in terms of bed saturation time, total amount of collected particles, fraction of fine particles permanently adhered on the coarse bed particles, and efficiency of using a regeneration strategy based on mechanical (attrition) and/or chemical (combustion) action. Experiments have been carried out at ambient temperature as well as at 850°C, with and without application of sound and varying bed height and amount of dust in the gas flow. The controversial effect of the application of sound: not only enhancement of particles interactions but also increase of fines permanently adhering on bed coarse particles is presented and discussed. A simplified model has been developed to obtain rough predictions of bed height which maximize fine particles capture, bed saturation time, total amount of particles collected in the bed, fraction of fine particles loading present as adhered particles on bed particles. © 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2009     

Modeling and simulation of biomass air-steam gasification in a fluidized bed

By considering the features of fluidized-bed reactors and the kinetic mechanism of biomass gasification, a steady-state, isothermal, one-dimensional and two-phase mathematical model of biomass gasification kinetics in bubbling fluidized beds was developed. The model assumes the existence of two phases — a bubble and an emulsion phase — with chemical reactions occurring in both phases. The axial gas dispersion in the two phases is accounted for and the pyrolysis of biomass is taken to be instantaneous. The char and gas species CO, CO₂, H₂, H₂O, CH₄ and 8 chemical reactions are included in the model. The mathematical model belongs to a typical boundary value problem of ordinary differential equations and its solution is obtained by a Matlab program. Utilizing wood powder as the feedstock, the calculated data show satisfactory agreement with experimental results and proves the effectiveness and reliability of the model. __________ Translated from Chemical Engineering (China), 2007, 35(10): 23–26 [译自: 化学工程]     

生物质流化床空气-水蒸气气化模型研究

根据流化床反应器特点,结合生物质气化动力学反应机理,建立了生物质在流化床内气化的等温稳态、一维二相动力学模型。该模型所做的主要假定如下:流化床分为气泡相和乳相,在气泡相和乳相内均存在化学反应,考虑二相内的轴向气体扩散,生物质热解过程瞬时完成,主要考虑焦碳以及CO,CO2,H2,H2O,CH4等在流化床内发生的8个主要化学反应。数学模型属于常微分方程组边值问题,利用数值计算软件M atlab7.0进行编程求解。以木粉为原料,将模型结果与实验结果进行了对比,模拟结果与试验数据符合良好,在一定程度上证明了模型的有效性和可靠性。     

流化床电化学反应器研究进展

流化床电化学反应器是一种三维颗粒电极反应器,以其比表面积大、传质速率高而备受关注。就流化床电化学反应器在导电机理、数学模型、结构放大以及应用领域的研究现状和进展进行了综述,阐明了该类反应器开发、设计和模型化方面存在的问题,并提出了研究方向。     

Hydrodynamics of erosion of heat exchanger tubes in fluidized bed combustors

The hydrodynamics of fluidization for two thin “two-dimensional” fluidized beds, one containing a centrally located rectangular obstacle and the other containing three square tubes roughly approximating a portion of a fluidized bed combustor (FBC), was solved using the FLUFIX/MOD2 computer program. The monolayer energy dissipation erosion model extended to include solids viscous stress was compared with the Finnie erosion model. The material properties of the eroding surface are introduced through the hardness for both erosion models. Hydrodynamic and erosion convergence studies were performed for the first bed. Computed erosion rates from the monolayer energy dissipation erosion model compare more favorably for both beds with available erosion data than those from the Finnie erosion model.     

热泵干燥机三元控制的初步研究

以更有效提高热泵干燥性能为出发点，结合湿空气的性质和压缩机的性能，提出了热泵干燥机三元控制理论。并定性分析了它的特点。     

Optimization of baker's yeast drying in industrial continuous fluidized bed dryer

Instant active dry baker's yeast is a well-known product widely used for leavening of bread, produced by fermentation, and usually dried by hot air to 94-96% dry matter content. Multi-stage fluidized bed drying process is a commercial effective method for yeast drying. In this work, optimum operating parameters of an industrial continuous fluidized bed dryer for the production of instant active dry yeast were investigated. The dryer contained four zones separated with moving weirs. The operating conditions such as temperature, loading rate of compressed yeast granules, and hot air humidity had direct effects on both yeast activity and viability. The most important factors that affected the quality of the product were loading rate and the operational temperature in each zone on the bed. Optimization was performed for three loading rates of the feed to the dryer, using response surface methodology for the experimental design. The most significant factor was shown to be the loading rate with mean fermentation activity values of 620, 652, and 646 cm³ CO₂/h for 300, 350, and 400 kg/h loading rates, respectively. The data analysis resulted in an optimal operating point at a loading rate of 350 kg/h and temperatures of zones 1, 2, 3, and 4 controlled at 33, 31, 31, and 29 °C, respectively. The best activity value was predicted as 668 ± 18 cm³ CO₂/h, and confirmation experiments resulted in 660 ± 10 cm³ CO₂/h. At the same operating point, the average viability of the cells was predicted as 74.8 ± 3.7% and confirmed as 76.4 ± 0.6%. Compared with the normal operating conditions at the plant, the optimization resulted in more than 12% and 27% improvement in the yeast activity and viability, respectively.     

流化床中钙基吸收剂与HCl的反应机理

在500~800 ℃的温度范围内, 在流化床反应器床料中添加 CaO吸收剂, 进行含氯有机废液 (含三氯乙醛) 的焚烧脱氯实验. 实验表明, 600 ℃脱氯效果最佳, 温度升高脱氯效果下降. 通过对产物层进行扫描电子显微镜 (SEM) 分析表明, 在温度大于600 ℃的条件下, CaO与HCl之间的反应在相当长的一段时间内受化学反应和产物层扩散共同控制, 不存在产物层扩散的单独控制. 考虑粒子的体积膨胀率, 利用缩核模型对反应处于产物层扩散控制阶段进行动力学分析, 得出产物层扩散活化能为9 95 kJ·mol-1.     

Numerical simulation of particle motion in a gradient magnetically assisted fluidized bed

Flow behavior of magnetizable particles is simulated in a two-dimensional gradient magnetically assisted bubbling fluidized bed. The motion of particles is simulated by discrete element method (DEM) with the consideration of external magnetic forces at a constant gradient magnetic field along bed height. The distributions of velocity and concentration of magnetizable particles are analyzed at the different magnetic field intensities. The simulations show a significant effect on the motion of particles with vertical magnetic-fields applied. When the magnetic field strength is increased to a value at which the fluidization of strings starts, the particles are found to form straight-chain aggregates in the direction of the magnetic field. At very high magnetic field strengths, defluidization is observed. Gas pressure drop of bed decreases with the increase of magnetic-flux densities. The granular temperature of particles increases, reaches a maximum, and then decreases with the increase of magnetic-flux density. Through the analysis of the motion of particles, it is concluded that the moderate strength magnetic field gives a high fluctuation of particles and distribute gas more evenly in the bed.     

气固流化床外取热器内流动和换热特性分析

外取热器是维持催化裂化反应-再生系统热平衡和保持装置平稳运行的关键设备之一。外取热器的优化设计和合理调控,要求深入理解外取热器内的流动特性、换热特性及两者之间关系。在一套大型冷模热态实验装置上,分别考察了表观气速、颗粒质量流率对换热管附近的局部固含率和气泡频率、床层与换热管间传热系数的影响。结果表明:增加表观气速可以降低局部固含率、增加局部气泡频率、强化床层与换热管间换热;随着颗粒质量流率增加,局部固含率和局部气泡频率均增加;在较低表观气速下,增加颗粒质量流率不利于换热,而在较高表观气速下,传热系数随颗粒质量流率逐渐增加。不同流型下,气固流动特性对换热特性的影响不同。在鼓泡床流型下,过高的局部固含率不利于颗粒在换热表面的更新,增加换热管附近的局部气泡频率可以明显强化换热;而在湍流床流型下,换热管附近的局部固含率和气泡频率的增加,均使传热系数逐渐增大。建立了针对不同流型的换热经验关联式,预测值与实验值的平均相对偏差分别为6.9%和1.3%。