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Experiment 6
DETERMINATION OF HEAD LOSS IN FIXED AND
FLUIDIZED BED
Name
Matric No.
Group
Program
Section
Date
EXPERIMENTA
OBJECTIVE(S)
1. Toinvestigatethecharacteristicsassociatedwithwaterflowingverticallyupwardsthrougha
bedofgranularmaterial
2. Todeterminetheheadloss(pressuredrop)
3. Toverify,theCarmanKozenyequation
4. Toobservetheonsetoffluidizationanddifferentiatebetweenthecharacteristicsofafixedbed
andafluidizedbed
5. Tocomparethepredictedonsetoffluidizationwiththemeasuredheadloss
EQUIPMENT/APPARATUS/MATERIAL
1. Weighbalance(typicalrange1kg)
2. Measuringcylinder
3. CELWiththewatercircuitfilledwithcoarseballotini(glassbeadswithanominaldiameterof
485microns).
Figure1.0:CELWiththewatercircuitfilledwithcoarseballotini
EXPERIMENTALPROCEDURE
1. Switchonwaterpump.
2. Adjustthewaterflowrateinincrementsof0.1L/minfrom0.1L/mintomaximumflowrate.At
each setting allow the conditions to stabilize and then record the height of the bed, the
differentialreadingonthemanometerandthephysicalstateofthebed.
Table1:ExperimentalData
FlowRate
BedHeight
BedPressure
(L/min)
(mm)
Drop(mm.H20)
BedState
DensityW
=
ViscosityW
=
KinematicsviscosityW
ParticlesizeDP
=
ParticledensityS
=
BedheightL
=
BedcrosssectionA =
Massofparticles
=
DISCUSSION
1. Drawthegraphofbedpressuredropagainstwaterflowratefromtheexperimentalvalues
obtained.
2. Comparethepredictedfluidisationpointwiththeactualfluidisationpointobtainedfromthe
graph.Givereasonsforanydiscrepanciesbetweenthetwovalues.
EXPERIMENTB
OBJECTIVES
1. Toinvestigatethecharacteristicsassociatedwithairflowingverticallyupwardsthroughbedof
granularmaterial.
2. Todeterminetheheadloss(pressuredrop).
3. ToverifytheCarmanKozenyequation.
4. Toobservetheonsetoffluidizationanddifferentiatebetweenthecharacteristicsofafixedbedand
fluidizedbed.
5. Tocomparethepredictedonsetoffluidizationwiththemeasuredheadloss
EQUIPMENT/APPARATUS/MATERIAL
1. Weighbalance(typicalrange1kg)
2. Measuringcylinder
3. CELWiththeaircircuitfilledwithfineballotini(glassbeadswithanominaldiameterof285
microns).
Figure2.0:CELWiththeaircircuitfilledwithfineballotini
1. Switchontheairpump.
2. Adjusttheairflowrateinincrementsof1.0L/min.from1L/mintomaximumflowrate.Ateach
settingallowtheconditionstostabilisethenrecordtheheightofbed,thedifferentialreadingon
themanometerandstateofthebed.Increaseflowrateinstepsof1.0L/minandtabulateresults.
Table2:ExperimentalData
FlowRate
BedHeight
BedPressure
(L/min)
(mm)
Drop(mmH20)
BedState
Determinetheparticledensitybyweighingaknownvolumeoftheballotini.
Note:Forthecoarserballotini=0.425andDP=0.485m.
DensityofwaterW
=
Densityofaira
=
Dynamicviscosityofaira =
Kinematicviscosityofaira =
ParticlesizeDP
=
ParticledensityS
=
BedheightL
=
BedcrosssectionA
=
Massofparticles
=
DISCUSSION
1. Drawagraphofpressuredropagainsttheairflowratefromtheexperimentalvaluesobtained.
2. Comparethepredictedfluidizationpointwiththeactualfluidizationpointobtainedfromthe
graph.Givereasonsforanydiscrepanciesbetweenthesevalues.