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Numerical Investigation of Airflow in a Swirling Fluidized Bed

A numerical investigation via commercial Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) package, FLUENT, was carried out to investigate the aerodynamic characteristics of air flow in a Swirling Fluidized Bed (SFB). The study focused on the distributor blade configurations whereby the effect of number of blades a...

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Main Authors: Batcha, M. F. M., Nawi, M. A. M., Sulaiman, S. A., Raghavan, V. R.
Format: Citation Index Journal
Published: ANSInet 2013
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling my.utp.eprints.88342017-01-19T08:21:08Z Numerical Investigation of Airflow in a Swirling Fluidized Bed Batcha, M. F. M. Nawi, M. A. M. Sulaiman, S. A. Raghavan, V. R. TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery A numerical investigation via commercial Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) package, FLUENT, was carried out to investigate the aerodynamic characteristics of air flow in a Swirling Fluidized Bed (SFB). The study focused on the distributor blade configurations whereby the effect of number of blades and blade inclination in radial plane were investigated. Twelve configurations were simulated at 30, 45 and 60 blades for four radial inclinations, 0, 10, 13.5 and 15°. Two criterions were taken as performance characteristics to evaluate each configuration namely the uniformity of tangential velocity distribution and pressure drop. High uniformity at the distributor outlet will ensure uniform solid-gas contact in the actual system while low pressure drop is vital to minimize power consumption in the system. From the results, it was evident that the 30 blades with 10E radial inclination of distributor blade in plenum chamber offer the best configuration for actual application. ANSInet 2013 Citation Index Journal PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8834/1/Faizal%20Batcha%20157-166.pdf http://scialert.net/current.php?issn=1992-1454 Batcha, M. F. M. and Nawi, M. A. M. and Sulaiman, S. A. and Raghavan, V. R. (2013) Numerical Investigation of Airflow in a Swirling Fluidized Bed. [Citation Index Journal] http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8834/
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topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Batcha, M. F. M.
Nawi, M. A. M.
Sulaiman, S. A.
Raghavan, V. R.
Numerical Investigation of Airflow in a Swirling Fluidized Bed
description A numerical investigation via commercial Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) package, FLUENT, was carried out to investigate the aerodynamic characteristics of air flow in a Swirling Fluidized Bed (SFB). The study focused on the distributor blade configurations whereby the effect of number of blades and blade inclination in radial plane were investigated. Twelve configurations were simulated at 30, 45 and 60 blades for four radial inclinations, 0, 10, 13.5 and 15°. Two criterions were taken as performance characteristics to evaluate each configuration namely the uniformity of tangential velocity distribution and pressure drop. High uniformity at the distributor outlet will ensure uniform solid-gas contact in the actual system while low pressure drop is vital to minimize power consumption in the system. From the results, it was evident that the 30 blades with 10E radial inclination of distributor blade in plenum chamber offer the best configuration for actual application.
format Citation Index Journal
author Batcha, M. F. M.
Nawi, M. A. M.
Sulaiman, S. A.
Raghavan, V. R.
author_facet Batcha, M. F. M.
Nawi, M. A. M.
Sulaiman, S. A.
Raghavan, V. R.
author_sort Batcha, M. F. M.
title Numerical Investigation of Airflow in a Swirling Fluidized Bed
title_short Numerical Investigation of Airflow in a Swirling Fluidized Bed
title_full Numerical Investigation of Airflow in a Swirling Fluidized Bed
title_fullStr Numerical Investigation of Airflow in a Swirling Fluidized Bed
title_full_unstemmed Numerical Investigation of Airflow in a Swirling Fluidized Bed
title_sort numerical investigation of airflow in a swirling fluidized bed
publisher ANSInet
publishDate 2013
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8834/1/Faizal%20Batcha%20157-166.pdf
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http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8834/
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