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Abstract
This paper focuses on developing correlations for better prediction of solids holdups at the dense and dilute regions of circulating
fluidized bed risers based on experimental data from the literature and our laboratory. Analysis of the experimental axial profile of solids
holdup and the data on ´sd and ´s ) has identified a critical solid circulation rate: saturation carrying capacity of gas, Gs ), which
distinguishes two different variations of ´sd and ´s ) with solid circulation rate. In the case of Gs - Gs ), ´sd and ´s ) increase with
increasing solid circulation rate and may vary with other system properties, whereas ´sd and ´s ) are only the functions of gas velocity
and gas-solid properties and change little with the solid circulation rate, the riser diameter, the solids inventory as well as the solid feeding
system in the case of Gs G Gs ). Based on these facts, more generalized empirical correlations for estimation of ´sd and ´s ) are
obtained. Comparisons with experimental data and the existing literature correlations confirmed the validity of the present correlations.
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Keywords: Solids holdup; Dense region; Dilute region; Circulating fluidized beds
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Table 1
List of empirical correlations and their relative deviations and root mean standard deviations for predicting the solids holdup at the dense region ´sd
Investigators Correlation RD Ž%. a SD b
Ug q 1
King w27x ´sd s 1 y 69.7 0.0867
Ug q 2
y0.0253 y0.1206
Ud d p rg n t
Wong et al. w28x
´sd s 8 = 10 y4
ž /
Gs
Ug ž Dy0.0794
m / 76.3
67.9
0.1496
0.159
0.6202 y0.53
Gs rp
Gao w9x ´sd s 1 y 0.2276
ž / ž /
rg Ug rg
y0.4037
81.8 0.176
18 Re sd q 2.7 Re1.687
sd d p rg Ug Ud
Kwauk et al. w17x ´sd s 1 y 0.2513
ž Ar
0.25
/
0.2
Re sd s
m ž 1 y ´sd
y
´sd / 88.2 0.151
´sd Ug y n t d p rg n t
Nishino w8x
1 y ´sd
s 4.0
ž ug / ž / y0.23
m
Dy0.27
1.21 y0.383
79.5 0.112
´sd Ug rp y rg Ug
Present work
´sX
s 1 q 6.14 = 10y3
1.13
ž / ž / ž' /
Ud rg
y0.013
gD
for Gs - Gs ) 16.8 0.0123
´sd Ug rp y r g
´sX
s 1 q 0.103
ž / ž
Ud rg / for Gs G Gs ) 14.4 0.0379
a
The relative deviation is calculated by 1rN Ý1N < ´sd ,cal y ´sd ,exp <r´sd ,exp = 100, N is the data points.
b
(
The root–mean standard deviation is calculated by Ý1N < ´sd ,cal y ´sd ,exp < 2rN .
pneumatic transport where an increase in the solid circula- Ž Gs s Gs3 ., the solids can no longer be individually sus-
tion rate usually leads to a slight increase in solids holdup pended in the riser. Consequently, a relatively dense bed
Ž Gs s Gs2 .. As the solid circulation rate is further increased forms at the bottom of the riser, indicating a transition
Table 2
List of empirical correlations and their relative deviations and root mean standard deviations for predicting the solids holdup at the dilute region ´s )
Investigators Correlation RD Ž%. a SD b
Gs
Kunii and Levenspiel w14x ´s ) s 50.7 0.0255
rp Ž Ug y n t .
Ug
´s ) s 1 y w s 1 q 5.6rFr q 0.47Frt0.41
Pugsely et al. w29x w Ud q Ug 66.5 0.0235
Fr s Ugr gD ' Frt s n tr gD '
Gs )
´s ) s
rp Ž Ug y n t .
Bi and Zhu w7x 0.542 80.8 0.0339
Ug Gs )
'gd p
s 21.6
ž / rg Ug
Ar 0.105
Gs
ž Ar / Re s ) s
m ž 1 y ´s )
y
´s ) / 905 0.156
a
The relative deviation is calculated by 1rN Ý1N < ´s,cal ) y ´s,exp ) <r´s,exp ) = 100, N is the data points.
b
(
The root–mean standard deviation is calculated by Ý1N < ´s ,cal ) y ´s ,exp ) < 2rN
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Fig. 1. Typical axial profiles of solid holdup in circulating fluidized bed risers.
from a pattern where all particles are traveling upwards profiles of solids holdup reported in the open literature and
with no axial concentration profile of solids to a mode obtained in our laboratory.
where there is axial concentration profile of solids. The The solids holdups, ´sd , for three risers of different
solid holdups, ´sd and ´s ), in this case increase as the diameters are plotted against the solid circulation rate in
solid circulation rate increases, as shown in Fig. 1Žb.. Fig. 2. For a given operating gas velocity ŽUg s 2.5 mrs in
Further increase in the solid circulation rate will result
in a steep axial distribution in solids holdup and a continu-
ously increase in the solids holdup at both the lower and
upper regions Ž Gs s Gs4 .. When the solids circulation rate
is increased to a value Žtermed as Gs ) in this paper. at
which much of the solids begins to accumulate at the
bottom of the riser, a typical S-shaped solid holdup distri-
bution starts to form. Further increasing solid circulation
rate to go beyond this critical point will have negligible
effect on the solids holdup at the dense and dilute regions
Žsee Fig. 1Žb.., although the dense region continues to
grow Ž Gs s Gs6 , Gs7 .. If sufficient driving force is avail-
able to push the solids into the riser, the dense region may
eventually fill the whole riser.
It is clear that the variations of solids holdups, ´sd and
´s ), are significantly different according to the solid
circulation rate. In the case of Gs - Gs ), solids holdups
increase with increasing Gs , while they change little with
Gs in the case of Gs G Gs ). This fact has to be taken into
account when developing correlations for the prediction of
solids holdups at the dense and dilute regions of circulat-
ing fluidized bed risers.
The solids holdup at the bottom of the riser, ´sd , Fig. 2. Variation of solids holdup at dense region with solid circulation
basically denotes the solids holdup when z s y`. It is rate for different riser diameters Ž Ld s1.7 m.. Data are obtained from
however determined as the value at z s 0 from the axial Nishino w8x.
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Fig. 2Ža. and Ug s 3.0 mrs in Fig. 3Žb.., the solids holdup
´sd is low and increases with Gs when Gs - Gs ) Ž Gs ) is
indicated by arrows in the figure.. In this case, the corre-
sponding axial profiles of solids holdup can be described
by exponential function. When the solid circulation rate is
raised up to Gs ), ´sd becomes insensitive to change in the
solid circulation rate because of formation of the S-shaped
axial solids holdup profiles. It is interesting to note that
when Gs G Gs ), ´sd appears to be independent of the riser
diameter, but may vary with gas velocity.
Earlier studies Že.g., Refs. w1–3,6,8–12x. have found
that the solids holdup ´sd are independent of solid inven-
tory in the case of co-existence of a lower dense region
and an upper dilute region. Fig. 3 shows influence of solid
inventory Žrepresented by the static height of solid in the
downcomer. on the solid holdup ´sd . It is evident that ´sd
changes little with solid circulation rate and solid inven-
tory as long as Gs G Gs ).
When the riser diameter and the solids inventory are
fixed, the solids holdup ´sd is plotted against the solid
circulation rate for two slow bed Žor downcomer. diame-
ters in Fig. 4. Apparently, the solid holdup ´sd keeps
almost constant when Gs G Gs ).
It is seen that all the literature correlations did not for Gs - Gs ), and
distinguish different variations of ´sd and ´s ) at lower 1.13 y0.013
´sd Ug rp y rg
and higher solid circulation rates. These correlations gener-
ally give poor prediction of ´sd and ´s ), especially when ´sX
s 1 q 0.103
ž / ž
Ud rg / Ž 3.
they are applied to high solid circulation rates where
for Gs G Gs ), where ´sX represents the solids holdup for
unacceptable errors are derived. The root-mean standard
the ideal case of uniform flow with slip velocity equal to
deviation ŽSD. and the relative deviation ŽRD. between
the terminal velocity of the individual particle. ´sX can be
experimental data in Table 3 and values calculated from
expressed as
the literature correlations are provided in Tables 1 and 2. It
is seen that the relative deviation from the existing litera- Gs
´sX s Ž 4.
ture correlations is generally higher than 50%. Better rp Ž Ug y n t .
correlations are thus needed in order to give reliable
predictions of ´sd and ´s ) in circulating fluidized bed Except for a few points, most of the experimental data can
risers. be predicted by Eqs. Ž2. and Ž3. within a relative deviation
less than 30%, as shown in Fig. 6. The average relative
deviation for all the experimental data listed in Table 3 is
17%. The deviation of this magnitude can be considered
small in view of the essential divergence among the data
4. Development of new correlations for ´ sd and ´ s )
used for the correlation. Compared to the existing literature
correlations ŽTable 1., it is evident that the present correla-
To get reliable correlations for solids holdups, ´sd and tions ŽEqs. Ž2. and Ž3.. give much better predictions of ´sd
´s ), two cases, Ž1. Gs - Gs ) and Ž2. Gs G Gs ), are in a wide range of operating conditions.
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Table 3
List of experimental studies w1,2,6,8,10,11x w15,18,20–22x w23–26x regarding the solids distribution in CFBs used for correlating in the present work
for Gs - Gs ), and
0.5 y0.082
´s ) Ug rp y rg
´sX
s 1 q 0.208
ž / ž
Ud rg / Ž 6.
for Gs G Gs ).
The comparisons between the experimental data on
solids holdup ´s ) and the calculations of Eqs. Ž5. and Ž6.
are shown in Fig. 7Ža. for Gs - Gs ) and Fig. 7Žb. for
Gs G Gs ), respectively. It is found that for all 147 experi-
mental data points from seventeen literature publications,
the average relative deviations for Eqs. Ž5. and Ž6. are 12%
and 15%, respectively. The relative deviations are greater
than 30% for only a few points. 75% of the experimental
data is predicted within 10% by Eqs. Ž5. and Ž6.. This
error should be considered acceptable considering the in-
evitable divergence among the data used for the correla-
tion. Compared to the existing literature correlations ŽTa-
ble 2., the present correlations ŽEqs. Ž5. and Ž6.. are
recommended for the prediction of ´sX in a wide range of
operating conditions.
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