Code No: R05320808

Set No. 1

III B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, Aug/Sep 2008 FLUIDIZATION ENGINEERING (Chemical Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks 1. Dene uidization and explain the phenomenon of uidization in detail. 2. Draw a neat sketch of Winklers coal gasier. Explain it in detail. [16] [16]

3. Dene minimum uidization velocity (umf ) and explain the equations to calculate umf . [16] 4. Discuss the coalescence and splitting of bubbles. [16]

5. Discuss the experimental ndings for emulsion movement of small and ne particles in a uidized. [16] 6. Explain in detail FBH and TDH in uidized beds [16] 7. Write notes on estimation of gas interchange coecients. 8. Summarize the experiment results on heat transfer in gas uidized beds. [16] [16]

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Set No. 2

III B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, Aug/Sep 2008 FLUIDIZATION ENGINEERING (Chemical Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks 1. Sketch the dierent ways of contacting solid and gas streams. 2. Write brief notes on (a) Incineration of solid waste (b) Activation of carbon 3. Write a brief note on the mapping of uidization regimes [8+8] [16] [16]

4. A slug of gas is injected into an incipiently uidized bed of ne particles. Given umf =25 cm/s and mf =0.44. If a 3 cm dia bubble forms, calculate (a) the rise velocity, of the bubble ubr (b) the cloud thickness. [8+8]

5. Explain the eects of pressure and temperature on bed properties of a uidized bed. [16] 6. Write about mixing-segragation equilibrium in gas uidized beds. [16]

7. Discuss in detail steady state tracer studies of vertical and horizontal dispersion of gas in bubbling beds. [16] 8. Explain and dierentiate overall bed coecient and local coecient with respect to mass transfer in case of uidized bed. [16]

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Set No. 3

III B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, Aug/Sep 2008 FLUIDIZATION ENGINEERING (Chemical Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks 1. Explain the operating principle for stable circulation between two uidized beds with a neat sketch. [16] 2. Describe the coating of plastics on metal objects using uidized bed technique. [16] 3. Discuss Geldart classication of particles with neat diagram. [16]

4. Draw the sketches of gas streamlines near a single rising bubble for Davidson model. Show slow cloudless bubble and fast clouded bubble. [16] 5. Discuss, in detail, the dierent bubble size correlations. 6. Write about mixing-segragation equilibrium in gas uidized beds. [16] [16]

7. Explain the Stimulus - response studies of ow behavior of gas in uidized beds. [16] 8. Explain and dierentiate overall bed coecient and local coecient with respect to mass transfer in case of uidized bed. [16]

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Set No. 4

III B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, Aug/Sep 2008 FLUIDIZATION ENGINEERING (Chemical Engineering) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks 1. Dene a spouted bed with neat diagram and explain the pressure drop-ow diagram. [16] 2. Write detailed note on uidized bed combustion of coal. 3. Explain the pneumatic transport of solids in uidized beds. [16] [16]

4. How the postulates of Davidson model allow us to nd the motion of solids directly from potential ow theory. [16] 5. Discuss, in detail, the dierent bubble size correlations. 6. Explain the experimental ndings pertaining to turbulent uidized beds. [16] [16]

7. Discuss in detail steady state tracer studies of vertical and horizontal dispersion of gas in bubbling beds. [16] 8. Explain and dierentiate overall bed coecient and local coecient with respect to mass transfer in case of uidized bed. [16]

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