The maximum spoutable bed heights of fine particles spouted with air

The maximum spoutable bed heights of systems of fine glass spheres spouted with air are studied in flat based semi circular columns of 80 and 152.4 mm diameters using particles with average diameters ranging from 0.3 to 1.3 mm. New correlations are proposed to predict the maximum spoutable bed heights of air spouted fine particle systems. It is concluded that the influence of the column diameter on the maximum spoutable bed height is significantly decreased compared to coarse particle systems and that it further varies with particle size within the fine particle spouting regime. Data reported in the literature agree with the proposed correlations.     

The maximum spoutable bed heights of water-spouted fine particle systems

The maximum spoutable bed height of systems of fine glass spheres spouted with water is studied in a flat based, semi-circular column of 80 mm diameter using glass spheres of diameters 0.300, 0.377, and 0.450 mm. A new correlation is proposed to predict the maximum spoutable bed height in water spouted fine particle systems. The same correlation is suggested for use with air spouted fine particles larger than 0.5 mm. It is concluded that in fine particle systems the jet penetration is significantly lower than that in coarse particle systems. The influence of the column diameter on the maximum spoutable bed height is also decreased significantly compared to coarse particle systems. Data reported in the literature for other water spouted fine particle systems agree with the correlation proposed in this work.     

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.     

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.     

Spouting of two-dimensional beds with draft plates

Two slotted two-dimensional spouted bed units with flexible bed dimensions were used with draft plates to study spouting pressure drop and minimum spouting superficial velocity. The data were collected while varying slant angle, spout width, separation distance, length of bed, height of bed, and size of bed (geometrical similarity) using shelled corn, soybean, and wheat. The variables which affect the spouting pressure drop and air flow through the beds are discussed. Empirical correlations are developed following the principles of dimensional analysis and similitude. The developed correlations agree closely with the collected data.     

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。     

狭缝式矩型喷动床中多粒度颗粒体系的最小喷动速度

在150 mm×50 mm×1100 mm的矩形喷动床中,采用宽度为2, 4, 6 mm 的3种狭缝式气体分布板,研究了单一粒度组成和多粒度组成玻璃珠的最小喷动速度. 实验证明,矩形喷动床的最小喷动速度与物料的粒度和组成有关. 给出了最小喷动速度与颗粒粒径和粒度组成的关联式,作出了多粒度组成颗粒体系最小喷动速度的相图.     

双喷嘴矩形喷动床流动性能实验研究

在120 mm×240 mm的双喷嘴矩形不锈钢床内,对新型双喷嘴矩形导流管喷动床的最小喷动速度和喷动高度进行了研究,考察了喷动气速、粒径、静床层高度、导流管直径、导流管安装位置对最小喷动速度和喷动高度的影响。结果表明:最小喷动速度随颗粒直径、导流管直径、导喷距的增大而增大,随静床层高度的增大而减小;喷动高度随喷动气速的增大而增大,随导流管直径的增大而减小,受静床层高度和导喷距的影响不大,并得出了最小喷动速度的关联式。     

Prediction of the maximum spoutable bed height in spout-fluid beds

A model for predicting the ratio of the maximum spoutable bed height in a spout-fluid bed to the maximum spoutable bed height in a spouted bed is presented and experimentally verified. The model is a further extension of the basic Mamuro and Hattori force balance model. The ratio H_mSF/H_m is found to be a function of the external annular fluid flowrate and a parameter C, which is the ratio of fluid velocity at the top of the annulus to that at minimum fluidization. C = 0.935 gives a best fit of our data.     

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     

Investigation of wood pellets self-heating kinetics and thermal runaway phenomena using lab scale experiments

The phenomena of spontaneous combustion and thermal runaway in wood pellets storage were investigated using lab-scale experiments in the temperature range of 100–200 °C. The critical temperatures were determined for four sizes of reactors. The kinetic parameters of the self-heating were determined using three methods, the Frank-Kamenetskii's method, crossing point method, and numerical curve fitting method. Mean values of activation energy (E) of 78.7 ±0.8 kJ/mol and self-heating rate constant (∆ _rhA) of (4.22 ±2.5) × 10 ⁶ kJ/(kg s) were obtained for four type of wood pellets (made from whitewood) samples from different pellet producers in British Columbia. Finally, a two-dimensional numerical model was developed to predict the temperature development during self-heating and the critical temperature for known sizes of reactors.     

Hydrodynamic Characteristics of a Powder‐Particle Spouted Bed with Powder Entrained in Spouting Gas

Spouting of 3.7 mm polyvinyl chloride particles in a cone‐based cylindrical column is subjected to entrainment of FCC powder in the spouting air. It is found that the powder entrainment reduces the minimum spouting velocity, increases the bed pressure drop and reduces the maximum spoutable bed height. At any given bed height and value of U/U_ms, there is a critical value of powder loading ratio above which spouting gives way to slugging.     

新颖环形喷动床颗粒喷动特性实验研究

一种新颖的环形喷动床由内外两个不同内径、同心的垂立圆筒组成,在环形空间底部设置多个喷口,在喷口两侧布置倾斜的导流板.研究颗粒在这种喷动床内的流动特性,探讨喷口结构、颗粒种类以及床内载料量对环形喷动床颗粒喷动特性的影响.实验结果表明:颗粒在环形喷动床内分为三个明显不同的区域,即颗粒填充移动区、密相喷动流化区以及稀相夹带区.当颗粒出现分区喷动后,随床内载料量的增多,填充移动区的高度维持不变,始终等于导流板的高度,而密相喷动区的高度不断增加.风量和颗粒种类对床层最大喷动量、密相喷动高度以及床层压力分布规律有着十分重要的影响.采用不同的喷口结构时,在相同的载料量下,直向喷口的密相喷动区高度更大,而且床内各测点的平均压力大于采用斜向喷口时的相应测点压力.     

Minimum Spouting Velocity of Draft Tube Conical Spouted Beds Using the Neural Network Approach

A multilayer perceptron with back‐propagation learning algorithm is developed to predict the minimum spouting velocity (u_ms) in draft tube conical spouted beds. Six dimensionless variables involving ten essential geometric and operating parameters of the beds were taken as model inputs. To compare the model results with both experimental data and those predicted by the limited existing empirical equations, the root mean square error and the mean relative error are utilized. Although there is a complex relationship between the input variables and u_ms, and despite the huge number of data available, the steps of training and testing show good agreement with the corresponding experimental values. This demonstrates that an artificial neural network is a useful approach to predict u_ms, especially when the relationship between the geometric and operating parameters and u_ms is complex and difficult to define.     

Measurement of self‐heating potential of biomass pellets with isothermal calorimetry

To assess the risk for spontaneous combustion of biomass pellets during storage, it is important to know how prone the fuel is to self‐heating, ie, to determine the reactivity. This article presents the results from isothermal calorimetry tests performed on 31 different biomass pellet batches. The purpose of the tests has been to characterize pellets by measuring the reactivity and investigate how the pellet composition influences the heat release rate (HRR) and thereby the self‐heating potential of pellets. The results from the tests clearly indicate that there is a significant difference in reactivity between different types of pellets. The tested high reactive pellet batches reached maximum specific HRRs (HRR_max) of 0.61 to 1.06 mW/g while pellet batches with low reactivity showed HRR_max of 0.05 to 0.18 mW/g. The tested batches were primarily ranked on the basis of HRR_max, but an alternative ranking based on specific total heat release rate (THR) during the test period was also used for comparison. The test results also indicate that pine/spruce mix pellets are significantly more reactive than all other types of pellets tested and that pellets consisting of 100% pine are more reactive than pellets consisting of 100% spruce. Pellets produced from wine pruning/grape pomace (winery wastes), straw, or eucalyptus are not very reactive compared to pellets consisting of pine/spruce. The results also show that the reactivity of the pellets can be reduced either by introducing certain kinds of antioxidants into the pellets or by extracting lipids from the raw material of pellets.     

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.     

Heat transfer to a moving packed bed of nickel pellets

Heat transfer between a bed of nickel pellets and a vertical section of electrically heated steel pipe has been measured, with the pellet bed inside the vertical pipe. Most of the data are for a 20.27 cm diameter pipe but some data were also obtained for a 10.23 cm diameter pipe. The effective thermal conductivity of the stationary pellet bed has been estimated approximately from the results of unsteady heating tests. Tests have been carried out with a downwardly moving bed, including the effect of air flowing upwards through the bed. Average values of the pellet‐side heat transfer coefficient are between 72 and 135 W/(m²°C) depending on the mass fluxes of air and pellets, and have been expressed as an empirical correlation.     

Resistance of wood pellets to low airflow

The pressure drop versus low airflow from 0.000117 to 0.1 m/s was measured across a fixed bed of wood pellets. Wood pellets were on average 6.2 mm in diameter and 12 mm in length. The moisture content of wood pellets ranged from 2.8% to 8.1%. Four equations, Darcy, Shedd, Hukill and Ergun representing flow versus static pressure drop for bulk granules were fitted to the experimental data. At airflows below 0.01 m/s, the predicted pressure drops using all four equations deviated from experimental data. This deviation was the largest for the Darcy equation and the smallest for Ergun equation. © 2011 Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering