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Study of granular temperatures in gas-solid fluidized bed by diffusing-wave spectroscopy
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Xie, Liansong |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Abstract | The thesis is motivated by the goal of developing techniques for measuring granular temperature in the fluidized bed by a non-intrusive method. Experimental investigations have been carried out on QCe1® hollow glass microspheres with average diameter 60im in several two dimensional rectangular airfluidized beds. The particle bulk and effective densities were 1 10kg/m3 and 200 kg/m3 respectively. Fluidized bed expansion and pressure drop across the bed were studied. Despite theoretically belonging to Group C (cohesive, difficult to be fluidized) according to Geldart's powder classification, these micro-spheres fluidized easily and the bed expansion was extremely high when the gas velocity was increased above the minimum fluidization value. Using the diffusing-wave spectroscopy (DWS) technique in transmission and backscattering geometry, granular temperatures were determined throughout the gas fluidised bed for superficial velocities up to and somewhat beyond the minimum bubbling velocity, which was more than 4 times the minimum fluidisation velocity. The granular temperature was found to increase smoothly with superficial velocity between the minimum fluidisation and minimum bubbling velocities, contrary to the results of earlier workers who also used DWS, but consistent with the results of other workers using less direct methods. It was found that the granular temperature at a set superficial velocity increased with height above the distributor whilst the pressure gradient remained constant. This, combined with increasing laser light transmission, suggested particle clustering with the cluster size decreasing with height. Granular temperature was found to vary symmetrically about the bed centreline where it was also maximal, corresponding to velocity profiles observed by others for similar bed Abstract geometries. Preliminary studies of particle microdynamics in a laboratory scale circulating fluidized bed were also made.geometries. Preliminary studies of particle microdynamics in a laboratory scale circulating fluidized bed were also made. |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
