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http://dx.doi.org/10.7464/ksct.2011.17.1.062

Solid Flow Rate and Gas Bypassing with Operating Variables of J-valve in Multistage Annular Type Fluidized Beds  

Hong, Yoon-Seok (Department of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Kang, Gyung-Soo (Hydrogen Energy Research Center)
Park, Joo-Sik (Hydrogen Energy Research Center)
Lee, Dong-Hyun (Department of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
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Clean Technology / v.17, no.1, 2011 , pp. 62-68 More about this Journal
Abstract
Hydrodynamic characteristics in multistage annular type fluidized bed (riser: $0.01{\times}0.025{\times}2.8m^3$, J-valve: $0.009{\times}0.015m^2$)were investigated. Glass beads ($d_p=101{\mu}m$, ${\rho}_b=1,590kg/m^3$, $U_{mf}=1.25{\times}10^{-2}m/s$, Geldart classification B) was used as a bed material. Accumulated weight by the electronic balance was measured to determine the solid flow rate in batch-type. In circulation condition, we measured the accumulated weight of particle transported from riser. At the steady state condition, solid circulation rate was calculated from time interval of the heated bed material passing between two thermocouples. Solid flow rate increased with increasing inlet gas velocity ($1.2-2.6U_{mf}$) and the static bed height (z, 0.24-0.68 m) from 2.2 to 23.4 kg/s. However, mean residence time decreased with increasing inlet gas velocity ($1.2-2.6U_{mf}$) and the static bed height (z, 0.24-0.68 m) from 1,438 to 440 s. The solid holdup in the riser was determined by measuring pressure differences according to the riser height. These results showed a similar trend to that of simple exponential decay type except for the top section of the riser. To verify the gas bypassing from top bubbling beds to middle bubbling beds, $CO_2$ gas was injected by tracer gas in constant ratio, and then was measured $CO_2$ concentration in outlet gas by gas chromatography. Gas bypassing occurred below 2.6% which is negligible value.
Keywords
Multistage circulating fluidized bed; Solid flow rate; Solid residence time; Gas bypassing;
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