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CLL 331: Tutorial Sheet 7

Fluidized Bed
Q 1. What is the purpose of the packing support, liquid distributor, liquid redistributor, and hold down
plate in a packed bed?

Q 2. Spherical particles of 100 micron size (diameter) and density 1200 Kg/m3 are fluidized by water in a
bed of cross-section area = 0.1 m2. Assuming the bed void fraction to be 0.4. Mass of the particles in the
bed is 100 kg. Calculate,

(a) the bed height at the point of fluidization

(b) mean bed voidage and bed height when the liquid flow rate is 2XU_mf (assume laminar flow
conditions while using Ergun’s equation and Richardson-Zaki equation to be valid)

Q 3. A packed bed of solid particles of density 2500 Kg/m3, occupies a depth of 1 m in a vessel of cross-
sectional area 0.04 m2. The mass of solids in the bed is 59 Kg and the diameter of the particles is 1 mm.
A liquid of density 800 Kg/m3 and viscosity 0.002 Pa.s flows upward through the bed.

(a) Calculate the voidage of the bed.

(b) Calculate the pressure drop across the bed when the volume flow rate of the liquid is 0.72 m3/h.

(c) Calculate the pressure drop across the bed when it becomes fluidized.

Q 4. A packed bed of solids of density 2000 Kg/m3 occupies a depth of 0.5 m in a cylindrical vessel of
inside diameter 0.1 m. The mass of solids in the bed is 4 kg and the surface volume mean diameter of
the particles is 400 micron. Water (density 1000 Kg and viscosity 0.001 Pas) flows upward through the
bed.

(a) What is the voidage of the packed bed?

(b) Use a force balance over the bed to determine the bed pressure drop when fluidized.

(c) Assuming laminar flow and the voidage at incipient fluidization is the same as the packed bed
voidage, determine the minimum fluidization velocity. Verify the assumption of laminar flow.

Q 5. A packed bed contains particles of 100 micron diameter with density = 1100 kg/m3. The particles
are packed in the bed with a void fraction of 0.4. Water (density = 1000 kg/m3, viscosity = 1 cP) is
pumped in the bed to fluidize it. At what fluid flowrate, the particles in the bed are going to get
conveyed out. Assume the diameter of the bed to be 1 m and height of the bed to be 2 m. Assume
𝒇(𝜺) = 𝜺𝟐.𝟓 . Assume Stokes flow to be present at the particle length scale. Neglect the turbulent
component in Ergun’s equation.

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