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Effect of Pressure on Solids Flow Characteristics in Recycle System of a Circulating Fluidized Bed  

Kim, Sung Won (Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Kim, Sang Done (Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.48, no.2, 2010 , pp. 198-204 More about this Journal
Abstract
Solids flow characteristics have been determined in a pressurized solids recycle systems of silica sand particles for the application in a pressurized CFB(PCFB). The solids recycle system is composed of a downcomer(0.10 m i.d. 2.25 m high) and a loop-seal(0.10 m i.d.). The silica sand($d_p=240{\mu}m$, ${\rho}_s=2582kg/m^3$) particles were transported at room temperature and system pressure($P_{sys}$) up to 0.71 MPa using air. Solids mass flux($G_s$) increases with increasing system pressure at constant aeration rate. Pressure gradient, solids velocity and actual gas velocity increase with increasing $P_{sys}$ at constant aeration rate. The Pressure drop number($\Phi$) on pressure gradient in downcomer has been correlated with Transportation number(Tr). Pressure drop across the loop-seal increases with increasing of $G_s$ irrespective of variation of $P_{sys}$. The obtained $G_s$ and Transportation number(Tr) have been correlated with the experimental variables.
Keywords
Circulating Fluidized Bed; Solids Recycle System; Loop-Seal; System Pressure;
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