Jasmin Therese M Villamor .

ChE147 Assignment 10

A bed of spherical particles (80 µm) will undergo fluidization in a column with 10 cm diameter. Four (4) liters
of the solid particles weighting 7.2 kg has an initial bed height of 87.5 cm. If the fluidizing medium is air
(density = 1.2 kg/m^3, viscosity = 1.89 x 10^(-5) kg/m-s), calculate the volumetric flowrate (in cm^3/s)
where the bed will transition to fixed to fluidized bed?

Also, what is the volumetric flowrate (in L/s) that it will transition from fluidized to mobilized bed?

Given :
Regid : Vmf , mobilized
Dp = 80 um
Ar Up
=
41
#0000000
87 51M .

000000 Wp
= 7 2 .

kg
1000000
K 10cm-

Hir p= 1 .

2
M = 1 89 X10- 5149 .

M S .

soin :

9(pp- Of) =
1 75.

Umapm3 150rmy (p) +

Ps =
MsF =

180

Cylindrical
:
Assuming Column is

V = rh =

i))) ,mm) (87 5 CMXmm) .

= 6 .
87223393x10-3m3 (M]

E =
VD-Vs =
6 872x10.
·

3m" -
42/ , 02) =
0 . 4179476367(y)
3 m3
Vb
:

6 872x10.

solving for Umf :

19 .

82)(1800-1 2) .
= 1 .

75Vmf20 .
423
+
150rm2)(189X5Kgs
Umf
= 4 .

9890618x10-3A
918400033XI
um = VAVD9XmX
=
3 .

imf =
39 .
18 mm

since mobilization happens at terminal velocity :

Ar = gdps(pp po -

=
(9 .
8)(80x10-4m)(1800-1 2) 11 2 . .

M2
11 89
. x 10-5 K9/m S) .

Ar =
30 32051358 .
: Stoke's law not applicable
Ar) 0 517

(432
.

( =
(1 + 0 0470 .

1 + 154Ar-113

(D
=
20 76936616 .

V
=Tryp-0) = 4198MOXUm(1800 - I
Vt
= 0 . 2746733944
mobilized =
VtA =
V+ (p)/PB)" = 0 .
275m)
V mobilized =
2 .

157279795x10-3(
↓ mobilized =
2 .
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