JNTUK B.Tech Fluidization Engineering gives you detail information of Fluidization Engineering R13 syllabus It will be help full to understand you complete curriculum of the year.
Learning Objectives
The student will be able to learn:
- Base concepts of fluidization and its advantages and disadvantages.
- Various industrial applications of fluidized bed.
- Different regimes of fluidization and flow maps.
- Geldeart classification of particles.
- Estimation of minimum fluidization velocity.
- Davidson model and K-L model.
- Basic concepts of turbulent and fast fluidized bed.
- Vertical & horizontal movement of solids.
- Estimation of gas interchange coefficients.
- Heat and mass transfer from the bubbling bed model.
UNIT-I: Introduction: The phenomenon of fluidization-Liquid like behaviour of a fluidized bed- Comparison with other contacting methods-Advantages and disadvantages of fluidized beds.
UNIT-II: Industrial applications of fluidized beds: Coal gasification-Gasoline from other petroleum fractions; Gasoline from natural and synthesis gases-Heat exchange-Coating of metal objects with plastics-Drying of solids-Synthesis of phthalic anhydride-Acrylonitrile-Polymerization of olefins-FCCU-Fluidized combustion of coal-Incineration of solid waste- Activation of carbon- Gasification of waste- Bio-fluidization.
UNIT-III: Fluidization and mapping of regimes: Minimum fluidization velocity-Pressure drop vs. Velocity diagram-Effect of temperature and pressure on fluidization-Geldart classification of particles- Terminal velocity of particles- Transport disengaging height-Turbulent fluidization- Pneumatic transport of solids-Fast fluidization-Solid circulation systems- Voidage diagram-
Mapping of regimes of fluidization.
UNIT-IV: Bubbles in dense bed: Single rising bubbles- Davidson model for gas flow at bubbles- Evaluation of models for gas flow at bubbles. Bubbling fluidized beds: Experimental findings- Estimation of bed Voidages- Physical models: Simple Two phase model; K-L model.
UNIT-V: High velocity fluidization: Turbulent fluidized bed- Fast fluidization- Pressure drop in turbulent and fast fluidization.Solids movement, mixing, segregation and staging: Vertical movement of solids- Horizontal movement of solids; Staging of fluidized beds.
UNIT-VI: Gas dispersion and gas interchange in bubbling beds: Dispersion of gas in beds- Gas interchange between bubble and emulsion- Estimation of gas interchange coefficients. Particle to gas mass transfer: Experimental Interpolation of mass transfer coefficients- Heat transfer- Experimental heat transfer from the bubbling bed model.
Outcomes:
After completion of the course the students will be able to
- Identify the appropriate industrial application of a fluidized bed.
- Determine the flow regimes of fluidization and construct the flow maps.
- Analyse fluidization behaviour using Davidson model and K-L model
- Find gas interchange coefficients.
- Evaluate of heat transfer coefficients and mass transfer coefficients using bubbling bed model.
- Determine pressure drop in a turbulent and fast fluidized bed.
Text Books
- Fluidization Engineering, Kunii Diazo and Octave Levenspiel, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1991.
- Fluidized Bed Technology: Principles and Applications, J.R. Howard, Taylor and Francis, 1989.
Reference Books
- Fluidization Fundamentals and Application, Howard Littman et al., American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1970.
- Handbook of Fluidization and Fluid Particle Systems, Wen-Ching Yang, CRC Press, 2003.
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