CHE 381 Group 5 3/30/2011

Alex Guerrero
Andrew Duffy Bernard Hsu Daniyal Qamar Jeff Tyska Ryan Kosak Tomi Damo
Source: EPA

 Purpose

Measure the pressure drop through a fluidized bed

column Observe the affects of fluid velocity on the bed Observe the affects of the temperature on the bed Determine the point of minimum fluidized velocity
Technical

Pressure drop is measured for varying air flow rates,

particle sizes and bed temperatures Calculated value is the superficial velocity

 Necessary

Equations

Bed Void Fraction

Fluid Velocity

Settling Velocity

Ergun Equation

 Relatively Constant

well separated particles

Bed Temperature are taken at Steady State

Measurements

conditions

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Tops to fluidized beds Fluidized bed columns Ceramic spheres Rotameter Pressure gauge Valve Valve Pressure gauge Rotameter Valve Pipette bulbs U-Tube manometer Half turn valves Heater Thermocouple

 Air Sand Silica Sieve

Trays Graduated Cylinders Shop Vacuum

1. 2. 3. 4.

Stack sieve trays accordingly to separate out sand Determine sand and silica sample densities using graduated cylinder Load respective column with sand ( 6-10 inches) Turn on air supply and slowly open and increase air flow while taking recordings. Increments of 10 % of max flow Record air flow rate, pressure drop, height of bed and any related observations Repeat with second sand sample and repeat Clean sand column Load and heat up silica column Repeat 3 -6 for silica column

5.

6. 7. 8. 9.

 Keeping

the air flow steady using the valve at the bottom of column the silica at a constant temperature out size categorizes of sand

Keeping

Filtering

particles

 Sand

could come out the top of the column and get into eyes hands clear of heat supply and heated materials vacuum responsibly preventing unintended suction of personal items can get slippery when on the floor

Keep

Use

Sand

Bird, R. Byron, Warren E. Stewart, and Edwin N. Lightfoot. Transport Phenomena. New York: J. Wiley, 2007. Print. "Fluidized Beds." University of Illinois at Chicago - UIC. Web. 25 Jan. 2010. <http://www.uic.edu/depts/chme/UnitOps/che3812005f-frame.html>.

Sinnott, Ray, and Gavin Towler. Chemical Engineering Design. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2009. Print. W.E. McCabe, J.C. Smith, and P. Harriott 2001. Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, McGraw Hill, New York.