Date of Award
1990
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Moslemian, Davood
Abstract
A Computer Automated Radioactive Particle Tracking (CARPT) facility was designed and implemented for the investigation of hydrodynamics in two phase flows. This facility was complemented by a versatile fluidized bed facility capable of handling high air flow rates. Solids mean dynamic behavior and heat transfer to internals in a 29.21 cm diameter fluidized bed were investigated for different operating conditions. Different flow parameters like the solids ensemble-averaged velocity, stagnancy and the phase density in the presence of horizontal tubes were determined using the CARPT facility. Local circumferential variations of heat transfer coefficients at the surface of horizontal tubes were measured at different locations in a large particle fluidized bed using a miniature heat transfer probe assembly. The influence of solids hydrodynamics on the heat transfer coefficient in gas-fluidized beds was investigated. The data obtained in the present study was compared to current heat transfer models for large particle gas-fluidized beds.
Extent
201 p.
Recommended Citation
Darda, Monish M., "Solids hydrodynamics and heat transfer to in-line and staggered tube banks in large particle fluidized beds" (1990). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 112.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/112
Identifier
FADT14576
Comments
College of Engineering and Computer Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.E.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1990.|College of Engineering and Computer Science