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Fluidized Bed Examples and Ergun's Equation

This document contains examples of calculating fluidization conditions for packed beds. It presents three examples: 1) calculating the diameter of a vessel needed to fluidize catalyst pellets using Ergun's equation, 2) determining if a bed will fluidize based on properties of the solids and air flow, 3) calculating the superficial air velocity needed to fluidize a bed of spherical particles from Ergun's equation and the fluidization condition. Key concepts covered are Ergun's equation, the fluidization condition relationship between pressure drop and superficial velocity, and applying these to design problems involving fluidized beds.

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Fluidized Bed Examples and Ergun's Equation

This document contains examples of calculating fluidization conditions for packed beds. It presents three examples: 1) calculating the diameter of a vessel needed to fluidize catalyst pellets using Ergun's equation, 2) determining if a bed will fluidize based on properties of the solids and air flow, 3) calculating the superficial air velocity needed to fluidize a bed of spherical particles from Ergun's equation and the fluidization condition. Key concepts covered are Ergun's equation, the fluidization condition relationship between pressure drop and superficial velocity, and applying these to design problems involving fluidized beds.

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Module 9: Packed beds


Lecture 34: Examples on fixed and fluidized beds

Fluidized bed condition:

Ergun's equation:

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Module 9: Packed beds


Lecture 34: Examples on fixed and fluidized beds

Example Catalyst pellets 0.2 in diameter are to be fluidized with of air at 1


1: atm and in a vertical cylindrical vessel. The density of the catalyst particles is

. If the given quantity of air is just sufficient to fluidize the


solids, what is the vessel diameter?

Answer: Assume (inertial effects are dominant)

Check,

(So the assumption of inertial effects being dominant is correct)

As an exercise, the students can calculate


:

Check.,
(So the flow is not viscous)

Vessel-Area (cross-section)

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Module 9: Packed beds


Lecture 34: Examples on fixed and fluidized beds

Example 2: We plan to pass air upward through a bed of solids resting on a screen. Will the
solids fluidize?
Solids:

Air:

Bed: 2m (Height);
Answer:

(Fig. 34a)

Therefore, bed will not fluidize

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Module 9: Packed beds


Lecture 34: Examples on fixed and fluidized beds

Example 3: A packed bed of spherical particles is fluidized


using air at and pressure . The packedbed density is
and superficial air velocity is from Ergun's
equation and fluidize bed condition-equation.
Solution:
Fluidized bed condition:

(Fig. 34b)

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Module 9: Packed beds


Lecture 34: Examples on fixed and fluidized beds

Ergun's equation:

Therefore, there is a difference of one-order of magnitude


To sumup, Ergun's equation is valid only for fixedbed, when

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