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Heat transfer between a supernatant gas and a flowing shallow gas- fluidized bed of solids

dc.contributor.authorBoyd, John H.en
dc.contributor.departmentChemical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-10T21:43:34Zen
dc.date.available2017-03-10T21:43:34Zen
dc.date.issued1984en
dc.description.abstractA novel concept (called “heat tray”) is proposed for heat recovery from hot gases and for heat management in exothermic catalytic reactions, which involves a supernatant gas (S-gas) flowing over a shallow fluidized bed of solids. This thesis presents the results of bench-scale and pilot-scale experimental studies that quantify heat transfer between the S-gas and the shallow fluidized bed. A fractional-factorial design of experiments was performed on two heat-tray systems using three different results showed that fine fluid cracking catalyst (FCC) particles out-performed larger alumina spheres as a fluidized solid. Heat transfer coefficients between the supernatant gas and the shallow fluidized bed approached 440 W/m²-K using FCC. Various S-gas inlet nozzle configurations were studied, with a nozzle height equal to one-half of the static bed height (0.051 m) giving the best results. The study showed that short heat-tray lengths (<0.8 m) are desirable and that S-gas redistributors are needed to compartmentalize the unit. An economic analysis showed that the proposed heat tray would be economically feasible for adaption as a boiler feedwater preheater in a small steam-generation facility, using boiler combustion gases as the S-gas. The payback time for the system would be as short as 1.9 years when used continuously. The heat transfer results from a S-gas to a flowing shallow fluidized bed represent the only data reported thus far, and have led to a better understanding of the new shallow fluidized-bed system for heat-exchange applications.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentxix, 298 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/76414en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 11541766en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1984.B694en
dc.subject.lcshHeat recoveryen
dc.titleHeat transfer between a supernatant gas and a flowing shallow gas- fluidized bed of solidsen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineChemical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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