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18 - Mechanical spouting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2011

By
Tibor Szentmarjay ,
Elizabeth Pallai  and
Judith Tóth
Edited by
Norman Epstein  and
John R. Grace
Norman Epstein
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
John R. Grace
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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Summary

Principle of mechanical spouting

One of the main advantages of the conventional spouted bed is the characteristic recirculation particle mixing provided by a high-velocity gas jet through a nozzle at the conical bottom of the equipment. This ensures very effective “quasi-countercurrent” gas–solid contact. Because of the circulation of the particles, local overheating within the bed can be avoided and thus uniform product quality can be effected.

Disadvantages include fluid motive-power consumption that occurs especially at the start of operation, but also persists under stable conditions owing to the vertical particle transport in the spout and the high pressure drop of the nozzle. In addition, conditions for heat and mass transfer can be obtained only within a limited range of gas flowrate because the velocity of the gas, usually air, is determined mainly by the size and density of the particles.

These disadvantages of the spouted bed can be eliminated, while keeping its advantages, by the mechanically spouted bed (MSB), in which the most important characteristics of conventional spouted beds can be found. According to the developed prototype, the typical spouted circulating motion is ensured by an open conveyor screw, installed along the vertical axis of the device, independent of the airflow rate. The diameter of the screw is nearly equal to the diameter of the gas channel (spout), around which a similar dense sliding layer (annulus) is formed.

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Spouted and Spout-Fluid Beds
Fundamentals and Applications
 , pp. 297 - 304
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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