HYDRODYNAMICS AND MASS TRANSFER IN A SPOUTED BED DRYER

The disposal of sludge generated by water treatment plants poses major financial and environmental problems. Drying of the sludge is an essential pan of any disposal process which may include incinerating, landfilling or upgrading. In the present study, experiments were carried out to investigate the drying of sludge in a spouted bed and to characterize the hydrodynamics and mass transfer mechanisms. The effect of bed moisture content on the minimum spouting velocity (U_ms) was examined for sludge granules. U_ms was found to increase with increasing the moisture content of the sludge particles. The gas phase mass transfer coefficient in the dryer was determined using porous calcined alumina particles and the results were compared with predictions by correlations available in the literature. The existing correlations gave poor predictions for the mass transfer coefficient. A new correlation for the mass transfer coefficient in a spouted bed dryer was developed based on the experimental results.     

导向管充气喷动床流体力学性能

在内径92mm的有机玻璃床内,对导向管充气喷动床的操作相图、床层压降、最小喷动速度及最大弃气速度进行了研究.实验采用4种颗粒为实验物料并采用空气为 喷动和弃气气体,通过对实验数据的回归得到用于计算或判别导向管弃气喷动床最小喷动速度和最大充气速度的计算式,以便为其设计和操作提供依据.     

盘式连续干燥器的传质传热模型

建立了盘式连续干燥器内加热盘面物料的传质模型,给出了干燥器内料环高度、盘面积料量及干燥时间的计算方法.应用颗粒传热理论和扩散理论,导出了每道料环的传热计算公式,由该迭代公式可逐步计算出每道料环的出料温度、出料湿含量及干燥速率.扩散理论中的惟一经验参数——搅拌参数N_mix,在本模型中可由不同进料工况下的多组实验数据加以确定.最后给出了应用该模型进行计算的实例,结果表明,理论计算值与实测值吻合较好,误差一般在20%以内.     

PREDICTION OF MINIMUM SPOUTING VELOCITY IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLAT BOTTOM SPOUTED BEDS

Spouted beds have been used in industry for operations such as drying, catalytic reactions, and granulation. Conventional cylindrical spouted beds suffer from the disadvantage of scaleup. Two-dimensional beds have been proposed by other authors as a solution for this problem. Minimum spouting velocity has been studied for such two-dimensional beds. A force balance model has been developed to predict the minimum spouting velocity and the maximum pressure drop. Effect of porosity on minimum spouting velocity and maximum pressure drop has been studied using the model. The predictions are in good agreement with the experiments as well as with the experimental results of other investigators.     

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH ON MASS TRANSFER IN A CENTRIFUGAL FLUIDIZED BED DRYER

Abstract

The influences of bed thickness, particle diameter, rotating speed of the basket and operating gas velocity on the mass transfer between gas and particles in the centrifugal fluidized bed dryer (CFBD) were examined. The experimental correlation used to calculate the mass transfer coefficient in the centrifugal fluidized bed dryer was obtained.     

喷动床发展与现状

介绍了流化床的一个分支——喷动床的发展与现状。首先简述了喷动床的发展史，然后着重讲解了有关喷动床的几个基本概念，并对喷动床的流动特性及其与传统流化床的异同点作了描述。给出了一些喷动床的床型变化及应用实例，并提供了一份有关喷动床研究的较完整的文献清单     

三重环流生物流化床的流体力学与传质特性

从气相含率,液体循环速度和体积氧传质系数方面研究自行设计新型结构的三重环流生物流化床的流体力学与传质特性。流化床反应器的有效体积２３Ｌ,实验条件是以空气为气相,水为液相,树脂为固相,固含率分别为０％,３％,６％和９％。实验结果表明,气相含率是影响反应器流体力学和传质特性的主要因素,气相含率增大可降低液体循环速度,增大体积氧传质系数。     

EFFECT OF HIGH VOIDAGE ON MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT IN A FLUIDIZED BED

Experiments were carried out to determine the gas-solid mass transfer coefficient for the air-naphthalene system under fast-fluidized conditions. The data were obtained under conditions of high voidage (as high as 98%) and high gas velocities (0·5 m/s-2·2 m/s). The results indicate that the correlation for the mass-transfer coefficient in a gas-solid fluidized bed under low voidage conditions established by previous investigators can be extended to the fast fluidization regime. Significantly lower mass transfer coefficients were, however, obtained under high voidage compared to low voidage conditions.     

HYDRODYNAMICS AND STABILITY OF SLOT-RECTANGULAR SPOUTED BEDS PART II: INCREASING BED THICKNESS

Tests were carried out with rectangular spouted bed columns of different thickness, i.e., front-to-back dimension, while holding the column width and air-entry slot width constant, to investigate the effects on spoul stability and bed hydrodynamics. For the three sizes of glass beads and one size of polyethylene beads examined, increasing the column thickness led to three-dimensional effects, such as formation of multiple spouts, and affected such hydrodynamics variables as the minimum spouting velocity, maximum spoutable bed depth and maximum pressure drop.     

HYDRODYNAMICS AND STABILITY OF SLOT-RECTANGULAR SPOUTED BEDS PART II: INCREASING BED THICKNESS

Tests were carried out with rectangular spouted bed columns of different thickness, i.e., front-to-back dimension, while holding the column width and air-entry slot width constant, to investigate the effects on spoul stability and bed hydrodynamics. For the three sizes of glass beads and one size of polyethylene beads examined, increasing the column thickness led to three-dimensional effects, such as formation of multiple spouts, and affected such hydrodynamics variables as the minimum spouting velocity, maximum spoutable bed depth and maximum pressure drop.     

EFFECT OF THE PRESENCE OF PASTE IN A CONICAL SPOUTED BED DRYER WITH CONTINUOUS FEEDING

The spouted bed with inert particles has been used as a paste dryer, producing a fine powder. Few authors have studied the behavior of the bed in the presence of paste, which is important for the design of this equipment. In this work the spouting pressure drop, the minimum spouting velocity and the paste residual content in the bed were measured as a function of the feed rate. Experiments were carried out with two Newtonian pastes (egg paste and blood), a pseudoplastic one (xanthan gum suspension) and water, used as a referential material. These three types of paste behaved differently in terms of the variation of the spouting pressure drop and the minimum spouting velocity. The paste residual content in the bed was only measured with the egg paste, and in this case it increased very slightly with the feed rate, until the maximum throughput allowed by the system.     

EFFECT OF THE PRESENCE OF PASTE IN A CONICAL SPOUTED BED DRYER WITH CONTINUOUS FEEDING

ABSTRACT

The spouted bed with inert particles has been used as a paste dryer, producing a fine powder. Few authors have studied the behavior of the bed in the presence of paste, which is important for the design of this equipment. In this work the spouting pressure drop, the minimum spouting velocity and the paste residual content in the bed were measured as a function of the feed rate. Experiments were carried out with two Newtonian pastes (egg paste and blood), a pseudoplastic one (xanthan gum suspension) and water, used as a referential material. These three types of paste behaved differently in terms of the variation of the spouting pressure drop and the minimum spouting velocity. The paste residual content in the bed was only measured with the egg paste, and in this case it increased very slightly with the feed rate, until the maximum throughput allowed by the system.     

MASS TRANSFER FROM SOLID PARTICLES TO FLUID IN GRANULAR BED

Mass transfer from assemblage of irregularly shaped particles to fluid was analysed using a combination of “cell” and “channel” concepts. The theoretical analysis predicts that blending active grains with inert spheres will result in an enhancement of the mass transfer due to a decrease of the overlapping of the neighbour particles and to a change of the bed geometry. The comparison between the derived relationship and available literature and our own experimental data shows a reasonably good agreement.     

COMPARISON AMONG PI, DMC, QDMC, AND GPC ALGORITHMS IN THE CONTROL OF THE SPOUTED BED DRYER

This article presents comparative analysis between the classical PI (proportional-integral control) and MPC (model predictive control) techniques for a drying process on spouted beds. The on-line experimental setups were carried out in a laboratory-scale plant of a spouted bed dryer. The main objective was to optimize the plant operation by searching for the best control structure to be used in future scale enlargement. The major drawbacks encountered in this kind of system were high interactivity among variables, a malfunction as a result of calculated variables out of the operational window, and modeling mismatch. Despite the robustness of the operational PI, the control actions of this strategy did not overcome the variable interactions. The DMC (dynamic matrix control) and the QDMC (quadratic dynamic matrix control) algorithms performed satisfactorily over the major drawbacks. Special attention was given to the latter algorithm due to its ability to hold the variables under constrained oscillations. However, the best results were found for the adaptive GPC (generalized predictive control) algorithm whose actions prevailed over the modeling mismatch due to the strong nonlinear behavior intrinsic to the process. The main goal of the present work is to describe a procedure that can be standardized for other types of dryers and different scales. This is especially the case for the adaptive GPC, whose control structure is independent of the dryer nature and scale and whose implementation does not require previous identification procedures (self-tuning) and/or structural changes.     

COMPARISON AMONG PI,DMC, QDMC,AND GPC ALGORITHMS IN THE CONTROL OF THE SPOUTED BED DRYER

This article presents comparative analysis between the classical PI (proportional-integral control) and MPC (model predictive control) techniques for a drying process on spouted beds. The on-line experimental setups were carried out in a laboratory-scale plant of a spouted bed dryer. The main objective was to optimize the plant operation by searching for the best control structure to be used in future scale enlargement. The major drawbacks encountered in this kind of system were high interactivity among variables, a malfunction as a result of calculated variables out of the operational window, and modeling mismatch. Despite the robustness of the operational PI, the control actions of this strategy did not overcome the variable interactions. The DMC (dynamic matrix control) and the QDMC (quadratic dynamic matrix control) algorithms performed satisfactorily over the major drawbacks. Special attention was given to the latter algorithm due to its ability to hold the variables under constrained oscillations. However, the best results were found for the adaptive GPC (generalized predictive control) algorithm whose actions prevailed over the modeling mismatch due to the strong nonlinear behavior intrinsic to the process. The main goal of the present work is to describe a procedure that can be standardized for other types of dryers and different scales. This is especially the case for the adaptive GPC, whose control structure is independent of the dryer nature and scale and whose implementation does not require previous identification procedures (self-tuning) and/or structural changes.     

DRYING OF PULPS OF TROPICAL FRUITS IN SPOUTED BED: EFFECT OF COMPOSITION ON DRYER PERFORMANCE

Studies on drying of pulps of several tropical fruits in spouted beds had shown advantages in relation to the quality of the products. However, most of the processed pulps presented serious problems of accumulation in the bed and consequently, instability of the spouted bed dynamic. The objective of this work is to analyze the influence of the chemical composition on the spouted bed performance in drying pulps of tropical fruits. Mango pulp “in natura” was used as a standard pulp. Modified pulps were obtained increasing the concentrations of reducer sugars, lipids, fibers, starch and pectin. The effect of these compositions on the fluid-dynamic and efficiency of the powder production was investigated using a factorial design. The operational conditions were maintained fixed in all experiments. The efficiency of powder production, the stable spout pressure drop and the minimum spouting flow rate were the responses analyzed. The statistical analysis of the results showed that the concentration of fibers is not a significant variable for the process. The concentrations of reducer sugars and starch showed significant influence on the fluid dynamic and these concentrations together with the lipids and pectin concentrations showed significant influences on the efficiency of powder production.     

QUALITY INTERACTION IN A JET SPOUTED BED DRYER FOR BIO-PRODUCTS

ABSTRACT

An experimental study was conducted to apply the jet spouted bed (JSB) dryer with inert bodies for drying of fodder antibiotic; (zinc-salt bacitracin and tylosin) and baker's yeast which are extracted from fermentation broth. After establishing the drving properties of these products (e.g. sorption isotherm, water activity and thermostability), the influence of basic drying parameters (temperature of drying agent, bed loading, gas flow rate) on drying characteristics and quality of the products was determined. The results proved that a JSB dryer may be successfully applied to fodder antibiotics; especially to Zn-bacitracin; however, for a highly labile live organism like baker's yeast, this method cannot be used. The optimal parameters for drying of Zn-bacitracin have been presented.     

QUALITY INTERACTION IN A JET SPOUTED BED DRYER FOR BIO-PRODUCTS

An experimental study was conducted to apply the jet spouted bed (JSB) dryer with inert bodies for drying of fodder antibiotic; (zinc-salt bacitracin and tylosin) and baker's yeast which are extracted from fermentation broth. After establishing the drving properties of these products (e.g. sorption isotherm, water activity and thermostability), the influence of basic drying parameters (temperature of drying agent, bed loading, gas flow rate) on drying characteristics and quality of the products was determined. The results proved that a JSB dryer may be successfully applied to fodder antibiotics; especially to Zn-bacitracin; however, for a highly labile live organism like baker's yeast, this method cannot be used. The optimal parameters for drying of Zn-bacitracin have been presented.     

LIQUID-SOLID MASS TRANSFER IN A THREE PHASE DRAFT TUBE FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR

Liquid-solid mass transfer coefficients in a three phase draft tube fluidized bed reactor have been measured using spherical ion exchange particles. The particle diameters ranged from 655 to 1119μm and solids volume fractions of approximately 5 and 10% were employed in water at 28°C. The experimental data can be successfully correlated using a Reynolds number derived using Kolmogoroffs theory of isotropic turbulence, although it is doubtful whether isotropic turbulence actually prevails in the fluidized bed over the range of conditions employed. Comparison with correlations determined for bubble columns and gas-liquid fluidized beds is performed. A model which considers the draft tube reactor as comprising two distinct fluid mechanical regions is developed to explain the apparently lower values of mass transfer coefficients obtained in a draft tube as opposed to conventional fluidized bed reactor.     

HYDRODYNAMICS AND MASS TRANSFER IN BUBBLE COLUMNS: EFFECT OF SOLIDS

The hydrodynamics and mass transfer in a large diameter bubble column (D_c 0.305 m), specifically, the effects of gas velocity and the presence of solids on the gas holdup structure, gas-liquid interfacial area, and volumetric mass transfer coefficients in viscous as well as low viscosity solutions are studied. The sulfite oxidation technique was employed to measure the gas-liquid interfacial area. Volumetric mass transfer coefficients were measured using a chemical method (sulfite oxidation) as well as physical absorption of oxygen from air, and the overall gas holdups were measured using the hydrostatic head technique. The effect of solids on the gas holdup structure was examined using the dynamic gas disengagement method. With the addition of polystyrene particles, the gas-liquid interfacial area decreased for low viscosity systems, whereas it increased for viscous systems. This was shown to be due to the effect of solids on bubble coalescence. The wettability characteristics of solid surfaces in the presence of different liquids have been suggested as the reason for the effect of solids on coalescence. Oil shale slurries presented a special case because of the mineral dissolution effect.