Correlating pressure-drop and voidage measurements with gas-solids contacting in gas-fluidized beds
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- USDOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center, WV (United States)
Research is now being sponsored by the US Department of Energy to determine if knowledge of chaotic behavior in fluidized beds can be used to improve the performance and control of fossil energy conversion processes. In this paper we present preliminary results form a computer study of the relationship between gas-solids contacting in a fluidized bed and the dynamic variations in simulated measurements of voidage and pressure drop. Our long-term objective is to evaluate the potential for using pressure or voidage fluctuations as diagnostic indicators of contacting performance. The computer code used is a multiphase flow simulation model developed by the Department of Energy at the Morgantown Energy Technology Center.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 10123589
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-921104-9; ON: DE93005770
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: American Institute of Chemical Engineers annual meeting,Miami, FL (United States),1-6 Nov 1992; Other Information: PBD: [1992]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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