Prediction of bed pressure drop, fluctuation and expansion ratios for three-phase fluidization of ternary mixtures of dolomite in a conical conduit

Hydrodynamics of conical fluidized bed differ from that of columnar beds by the fact that a velocity gradient exists along the axial direction of the bed. The gas-liquid-solid fluidized bed has emerged in recent years as one of the most promising devices for three-phase operations. Such a device is...

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Published in:Cogent engineering 2016-12, Vol.3 (1), p.1181821
Main Authors: Padhi, R.K., Dora, D.T.K., Mohanty, Y.K., Roy, G.K., Sarangi, B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ANOVA
bed fluctuation ratio and bed expansion ratio
bed pressure drop
Computational fluid dynamics
conical bed
Dimensional analysis
Dolomite
Fluid flow
Fluidized beds
gas-liquid-solid fluidization
Hydrodynamics
Mathematical models
Pressure drop
Statistical analysis
Ternary systems
Three phase
Velocity gradient
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Summary:Hydrodynamics of conical fluidized bed differ from that of columnar beds by the fact that a velocity gradient exists along the axial direction of the bed. The gas-liquid-solid fluidized bed has emerged in recent years as one of the most promising devices for three-phase operations. Such a device is of considerable industrial importance as evident from its wide applications in chemical, refining, petrochemical, biochemical processing, pharmaceutical, and food industries. To explore this, experiments have been carried out to find the bed pressure drop, bed fluctuation, and expansion ratios for ternary mixtures of dolomite in a three-phase conical fluidized bed. The effect of superficial liquid and gas velocity, initial static bed height, average particle size, and cone angle on the above-mentioned three responses have been studied. Mathematical models have been developed for the responses using both dimensional and statistical analyses. The calculated values of the responses from the developed models have shown a very good agreement with the experimental ones.
ISSN:2331-1916
2331-1916
DOI:10.1080/23311916.2016.1181821