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Lmf Lf
Lm
Vo Vm f ó
m mf
Pf A A Lmf (1 mf ) ( p ) g
Pf
(1 mf ) ( p ) g ; (N / m2 ) / m
Lmf
Velocidad mínima de fluidización (Vmf )
(1 mf ) Vmf
(7.42)
(1 mf ) Vmf
2
Pf
150 1, 75
Lmf mf dp
3 2 2
mf
3
dp
Donde
εmf = porosidad correspondiente a la fluidización incipiente
ρp = densidad de la partícula, kg/m3
ρg = densidad del fluido particularmente gas, kg/m3
μ = viscosidad dinámica del gas, kg/ m s
ф = factor de forma o esfericidad para una partícula
Remf 2
150
(1 mf ) Remf
Ar 0
mf 3
1, 75
mf
2 3
(Vmf )dp
Número de Reynolds: Re mf
Número de Arquímedes: dp 3 ( p ) g
Ar
2
Para partículas muy pequeñas el primer término de la ecuación anterior puede eliminarse
y se obtiene
(1 m f ) Re m f
Ar 0
2 m f 3
150 Re,mf <20
Re mf
2
Ar 0
1,75 3 Re,mf > 1000
mf
Una de las correlaciones ampliamente usadas es el de Wen y Yu (1966). Si los términos
εmf y no son conocidos Wen y Yu encontró para una variedad de sistemas que
1 mf
mf
3
1/ 4 1
2 mf3
Lmf L2 y mf 2
L1 1 mf
Lmf 1 1
EXERCISE . 1:
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 50 kg and the surface-
volume mean diameter of the particles is 1 mm. A liquid of density 800 kg/m3 and viscosity
0.002 Pa-s flows upwards through the bed.
(a) Calculate the voidage (volume fraction occupied by voids) of the bed.
(b) Calculate the pressure drop across the bed when the volume flow rate of liquid is 1.44
m3/h.
(c) Calculate the pressure drop across the bed when it becomes fluidized.
SOLUTION TO EXERCISE
SOLUTION TO EXERCISE 7.2
EXERCISE 2:
130 kg of uniform spherical (a) Bed height at incipient fluidization.
particles with a diameter of
50 μm and particle density
1500 kg/m3 are fluidized by
water (density 1000 kg/m3,
viscosity 0.001 Pa-s.) in a
circular bed of cross-
sectional area 0.2 m2. The
single particle terminal
velocity of the particles is
0.68 mm/s and the voidage
at incipient fluidization is
known to be 0.47.
(a) Calculate the bed height
at incipient fluidization.
(b) Calculate the mean bed
voidage when the liquid
flow rate is 2 x 10-5
m3/s.
which gives, ε = 0.6622
hence, bed voidage at a liquid flow rate of 2 x 10-5 m3/s is ε = 0.6622
EXERCISE 3:
130 kg of uniform Solution to exercise
spherical particles with a
diameter of 60 μm and
particle density 1500
kg/m3 are fluidized by
water (density 1000 kg/m3,
viscosity 0.001 Pas.) in a
circular bed of cross-
sectional area 0.2 m2. The
single particle terminal
velocity of the particles is
0.98 mm/s and the voidage
at incipient fluidization is
known to be 0.47.