DIRECTED REMOTE LEARNING (DRL)

CHEM3012 Separation Process II

Semester 2, 2019-2020

Task 3: Flow through fixed and fluidized beds-Assessment (Report)

Student Id: Student Name

Task 3: Guidelines

 Solve only Task assessment as per the Students IDs indicated in the description (Table Task 3)
 Compile the report double-spaced on a separate sheet, standard-sized paper (8.26" x 11.69").
 Please don’t copy and paste the Task 3 description into your Task 3 Assement.
 If required, you can copy paste your sketches/calculations into the report.
 Submit the report through Assessment Submission for Task 3 on SULMS on or before 11 June, 2020

Task 3: Description Marks:100

A powder of mean particle size, Dp and particle density p, kg/m3 (refer Table
Task 3) is fluidized by air of density 1.2 kg/m 3 and viscosity 1.84 x 10-5 Pa. s
in a circular vessel of diameter 0.5 m. The mass of powder charged to the
bed is 240 kg and the volume flowrate of air to the bed is 140 m 3/hr. It is
known that the average bed Voidage at incipient fluidization is 0.45.

Use values of Dp and p as directed in the table below.

Table-Task 3
SID Particle diameter, particle
Dp x10-6 densityp
From To m kg/m3
52537 160112 60 1800
160118 160454 58 1600
160534 161383 50 1545
161405 181419 45 1485
a. Calculate the minimum fluidization velocity, umf [20
marks]
b. Calculate the bed height at incipient fluidization [20
 marks]
c. Analyze the effect of change in flow rate on bed pressure drop. [20
marks]
d. Plot the fluidization curve. [20
marks]
e. Assess the effect of change in the fluidizing medium (fluid density).
[20 marks]

Ref: Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 7th edition, McCabe and Smith