External heat transfer in polydispersed fluidized beds at elevated temperatures

The authors present results of a theoretical and experimental study of heat transfer in polydispersed fluidized beds of coarse particles at temperatures up to 1273 K.Notation a tube radius - C_f specific heat of the gas - d_i mean diameter of the i-th fraction - g acceleration due to gravity - H height of the fluidized bed - J=fu mass flow rate of gas - ₀ thickness of the gas film on the heat transfer surface - m₀ porosity at the onset of fluidization - m porosity - r radius - R radius of the equipment - tf, °C, T_f, °K gas temperature - T₀ initial gas temperature - T_t8, T_w temperature of the fluidized bed and of the heat transfer surface, u, u₀, speed of filtration and speed at the start of fluidization - a heat-transfer coefficient - _w, _b emissivities of the heat transfer surface, and the fluidized bed - _S emissivity of the particles - _e effective (apparent) emissivity of the fluidized bed - _f viscosity of the gas - _f thermal conductivity of the gas - _f ⁰=_f0 ^c+nc_fJd₂/m thermal conductivity of the gas at t_f=0°C - _f ^c molecular thermal conductivity of the gas - _f ^c at temperature (T_w+T_t8)/2 - _f0 ^c molecular thermal conductivity of the gas at t_f=0°C, =gl_f/gl_f0 ^c - _S, _f density of particles in the gas - Stefan-Boltzmann constant - Ar=gd_1fS-_f)/_f ² Archimedes Number - Pe=c_fJ₀ ²/Hm_f0 ^c Peclet number - Re=ud_1f/_f Reynolds Number Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 56, No. 5, pp. 767–773, May, 1989.