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.     

THE STABILITY OF WET SPOUTED BEDS

In granulation, coating or drying of slurries on inert particles a liquid phase is added to a gas-spouted bed. The effect of liquid injection on spouting velocity, fountain height, bed pressure drop and stability of the spouting regime is examined in a 0.15 m diameter bed with four types of inert particles 2 to 5 mm in size, 1140 to 2880 kg/m³ in true density, and 1.3 and 1400 mPa·s in liquid viscosity. Key factors are the liquid content and the presence of cohesive forces due to liquid bonds between particles. In a spoutability chart the maximum spoutable liquid content is related to the ratio of inertial force of a particle to the viscous or cohesive force exerted onto the particle by the liquid film. The spoutability chart serves to define regions of stable spouting.     

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     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Determination of Minimum Spouting Velocities in Conical Spouted Beds

Minimum spouting velocities in conical spouted beds have been obtained from pressure drops versus the superficial gas velocity curves, based on both increasing and decreasing the superficial gas velocity. It has been shown that the minimum spouting velocity from decreasing the superficial gas velocity is lower than from increasing the superficial gas velocity in most cases. This phenomenon is similar to that in conventional spouted beds and different from the early works. The experimental results also showed that there isn't significant difference in the pressure drop and U_ms under identical operating conditions between semi‐circular and circular conical spouted beds, and the same U_ms can be obtained from absolute pressure drops at any position above the gas inlet. The U_ms is found to increase with increasing the cone angle and static bed height, as well as the gas inlet diameter to a less extent.     

狭缝式矩形喷动床中多粒度颗粒体系的最大喷动压降

在 15 0 mm× 5 0 mm× 110 0 mm的矩形喷动床中 ,研究了单一粒径体系和二组分及三组分混合粒径颗粒体系的最大喷动压降受颗粒粒径及粒度组成、静止床高和气体入口狭缝宽度的影响情况。实验采用宽度为2、4、6 mm三种宽度的狭缝式气体分布板 ,实验物料为单一粒径分别为 1、1.5、2 mm的玻璃珠。实验表明矩形喷动床的最大喷动压降与上述三种影响因素都有关系。本文还给出了最大喷动压降随这三种因素变化的实验关联式     

带导流管液固喷动床的最小喷动速度研究

在截面为矩形有机玻璃喷动床内，使用四种粒径的窄筛分球形玻璃珠，以常温水作为喷动和辅助液体。综合考虑床体的几何尺寸、操作参数以及液体和颗粒的物性特征，系统研究带导流管喷动床的最小喷动速度，得出最小喷动速度的经验公式，为设计和操作提供参考。     

Jet penetration and pressure drops in water spouted beds of fine particles

New expressions for the maximum spoutable height and spout pressure drop ratio are developed for fine particles spouted in water. The maximum spoutable height in both water and air systems is found to be dependent upon two dimensionless parameters, β and A_Lim. For fine particles spouted with water, the dimensionless pressure drop ratio depends only upon the voidage, ? at the bottom of the spout.     

液-固流化床中单个变形气泡的上升速度

以气泡在上升运动过程中的受力分析为基础,建立了描述单个变形气泡在液－固流化床中上升速度的理论模。应用该模型分别对球形和球帽形气泡在液－固流化床中的上升速度进行了计算,并将计算民在不同的床内压力,温度与颗粒相体积分数下气泡上升速度的实验测量数据进行了比较。     

低、高压滴流床中压降和持液量计算的统一关系式

基于对滴流床中气液两相流动特征尺度的分析,提出以修正的相摩擦系数对相Reynolds数进行关联,获取低、高压滴流床中压降和持液量计算的统一关联式的方法.对于滴流床中单相不饱和流（液体流动,气体静止）情形,以及低压和高压滴流床中两相流、高气液作用情形,收集了文献报道的不同大小颗粒、不同物系的大量实验数据,以相摩擦系数对相Reynolds数进行关联,得到新的压降和持液量计算式,其物理意义明确,计算精度得以提高.     

球形活性炭流体力学特性的研究

研究了不同粒径球形活性炭在固定床中的流体力学特性,并与颗粒活性炭、柱状活性炭作对比试验。考察了活性炭形状、粒径、床层高度及空隙率、气体的袁观流速对床层压降的影响。结果表明,球形活性炭的流体力学性能最好,粉尘量约为柱状炭和颗粒炭的10％左右,对于相同当量直径的活性炭,球形炭的床层压降约为柱状炭的40％～50％,颗粒炭的50％～70％。     

导向管喷流床的最小喷动速度的研究

在内径９２ｍｍ的有机玻璃床内,使用四种没的物料,以空气作为喷动相流气体,综合考虑了床层的几何尺寸,以及气体和固体本身的物性,研究了导向管喷流床的最小喷动速度,得出了导向管喷流床的最小喷动速度的经验公式,以便对其设计和操作提供参考     

EFFECT OF DRYING ON FLUIDISATION BEHAVIOUR OF PACKED BEDS OF SHREDDED COCONUT

Drying of shredded coconut is usually carried out commercially in order to facilitate storage over reasonable periods of time and to obtain advantages of reduction of weight and volume in transport and packaging. Fluidised bed drying of materials is generally accepted to be an efficient method of drying. Experiments were carried out to investigate the behaviour of fluidisation of shreddet coconut at various moisture contents. The pressure drop was measured across random packings of shredded coconut. It is seen that shredded coconut does not fluidise easily at moisture contents greater than 0.55 (55 weight percent moisture). It is also seen that fluidisation can be easily achieved by drying shredded coconut to moisture contents between approximately 0.25 to 0.55. The pressure drop characteristics within this region is seen to closely resemble the theoretical behaviour of a fluidised bed. It is also seen that particles of shredded coconut in beds of moisture contents less than 0.25 tend to undergo pneumatic transport if efforts are made to fluidise such beds.     

气体的温度和压力及颗粒形状对固定床压降的影响

本文在Ａ－Ｓ方程的基础上推导出气体流经固定床时的压降表达式。     

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS ON THE FLUID DYNAMICS OF A DRAFT TUBE SPOUTED BED WITH BOTTOM PARTICLES FEED

A numerical study was carried out on the parametric sensitivity of the fluid dynamic variables for a draft tube spouted bed (SB) with bottom particles feed. The sensitivities of variables such as the air and particle velocities and voidages in the spout region, as functions of key model parameters, like the spout-annulus air distribution, solids recirculation rates and gas-particle drag coefficient were determined. The model was numerically integrated and sensitivities obtained by the central differences approach. The sensitivities were seen to depend on air inlet flowrates and heights in the bed. For air flowrates close to the minimum spouting velocity the model is very sensitive to all the parameters studied. In most cases, the variables were moderately to highly sensitive to air distribution in the bed. On the other hand, the variables were minimally to moderately sensitive to the drag coefficient and solids recirculation rates. The maps of sensitivity obtained provide useful information for planning of the probe location, hydrodynamic modeling and directing of future work on SB with bottom particles feed.