This thesis is an experimental study of the fluidization of binary mixture in particulate flows. A fluidized bed with two distributors was built with water being used as carrying fluid. Three types of solid particles of nylon, glass and aluminum of the same size and different densities are used in the experiments. The wall effect on a single particle fluidization, the fluidization of binary mixture of large density difference (nylon and aluminum of density ratio of 0.42), and the fluidization of binary mixture of close density (glass and aluminum with density ratio of 0.91) were investigated. Also, the effect of distributors on mono-disperse and bi-disperse particle fluidization was investigated. Results show that the presence of narrow walls reduces the minimum fluidization velocity for a single particle by as much as nearly 40%. Also, in the case of binary mixture of close density particles, uniform mixing was easily achieved and no segregation was observed, but in the case of large density difference particles, there exists significant segregation and separation. At high velocity, the uniform distributor behaves like a transport bed. To achieve a full bed in the single jet, it requires 1.5 times velocity of the uniform distributor. This behavior determines their application in the industries.

Orientadores: Araí Augusta Bernárdez Pécora, Emerson dos Reis / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-24T13:04:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RuedaOrdonez_DiegoAndres_M.pdf: 19506541 bytes, checksum: 0bbc753dfedabd5800a9c9bd05c71077 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Neste trabalho, foi utilizada uma metodologia para a análise dos sinais de flutuações de pressão visando estudar a fluidização e o fenômeno da segregação em leitos fluidizados contendo misturas binárias de partículas de diferentes tamanhos e massas específicas. As medidas foram feitas para caracterizar o comportamento fluidodinâmico do leito fluidizado contendo misturas binárias e encontrar as velocidades inerentes ao fenômeno da segregação. Para tanto, primeiramente foram estudados os comportamentos de cada material isolado para posterior comparação com o comportamento observado para as misturas contendo tais materiais.Três tipos de sólidos particulados foram utilizados neste trabalho: microesferas de plástico (diâmetro médio de Sauter de 971 µm) e microesferas de vidro (diâmetros médios de Sauter de 462 e 959 µm).O sistema experimental utilizado consiste de uma coluna, de 0,1 m de diâmetro e 2,5 m de altura, equipada com um distribuidor de gás tipo placa porosa e possuindo seções de vidro,acrílico e aço carbono intercaladas, o que permitiu acompanhar visualmente o processo, e adquirir imagens por meio de uma câmera fotográfica. Medidas de flutuações de pressão foram feitas em diferentes velocidades superficiais do gás para cada material ou mistura estudados. Os sinais de pressão foram medidos em três pontos na coluna do leito, sendo um no plenum e dois na coluna, situado a 0,035 e a 0,115 m acima da placa distribuidora.Em todos os testes a altura do leito foi mantida fixa em 0,150 m. As flutuações de pressão foram analisadas no domínio do tempo e no domínio da frequência aplicando a transformada rápida de Fourier (FFT) o que permitiu diferenciar o comportamento dinâmico das misturas em cada velocidade superficial do gás estudada.Os resultados permitiram identificar regiões com diferentes comportamentos fluidodinâmicos e velocidades inerentes ao processo de segregação como as velocidades de fluidização inicial, fluidização completa, de segregação e de mistura completa. Este trabalho procura contribuir para melhorar o entendimento sobre a fluidização de misturas binárias e sobre o fenômeno de segregação normalmente presente em tais sistemas / Abstract: A methodology for analysis of pressure fluctuations signals was used, in the present work, to study the ?uidizing and segregation phenomena in fluidized beds containing granular binary mixtures with different sizes and densities. Pressure measurements have been made to characterize the dynamic behavior of fluidized beds and to find the velocities involved in the segregation phenomena. The analysis of each single studied material was made before analyzing of the mixtures containing such materials. Three types of solid particles were used in this work: plastic microspheres (971 µm Sauter mean diameter) and glass microspheres (462 and 959 µm Sauter mean diameters). The experimental system presents a column, 0.1m diameter and 2.5 m height, equipped with a porous plate gas distributor. The column was made by glass, acrylic and carbon-steel sections to allow visual observations of the process and acquiring images by a camera. Measurements of pressure fluctuations were made in different gas superficial velocities for each studied material or mixture. The pressure signals were measured at three points in the column: one at plenum and two above the distributor plate, at 0.035 and 0.115 m above the distributor plate. The height of the bed material was fixed in 0.15 m regarding all performed tests. Pressure fluctuations were analyzed on the time domain and on the frequency domain using the fast Fourier transform (FFT) which allows differentiating the dynamic behavior of the mixtures in each superficial gas velocity studied. The results allowed the identification of regions with different fluid dynamic behaviors as well as the determination of gas velocities inherent to the segregation process as the initial fluidization, complete fluidization, segregation and complete mixing velocities. This paper aims to contribute on understanding the fluidization process of binary mixtures and on the phenomenon of segregation normally present in such systems / Mestrado / Termica e Fluidos / Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica

Orientador: Milton Dall'Aglio Sobrinho / Banca: Tsunao Matsumoto / Banca: Gilson Arimura Arima / Resumo: O reator aeróbio de leito fluidizado com circulação apresenta características que permitem efetuar o tratamento em apenas uma etapa. O uso deste reator torna-se atraente devido à possibilidade de mantê-lo com uma alta concentração de biomassa ativa, propiciando seu porte compacto, conseqüência do reduzido período de detenção hidráulica. A eficiência do biofilme no tratamento depende das condições hidrodinâmicas do reator, uma vez que sua espessura pode ser alterada de acordo com a velocidade de circulação, e a transferência de oxigênio através de suas camadas depende da vazão de ar injetada no sistema. O trabalho propôs-se a investigar a influência da relação entre diâmetros dos tubos concêntricos em quatro configurações, mantendo o diâmetro externo constante e igual a 250 mm e alterando o diâmetro interno entre 100, 125, 150 e 200 mm, proporcionando relações Ae/Ai iguais a 5,25; 3,00; 1,78 e; 0,56, respectivamente. O tubo interno possui 2,22 m e é posicionado 0,05m acima do fundo do reator. A altura estática da coluna de fluido foi 2,35 m. Os ensaios hidrodinâmicos - velocidade do líquido, fração volumétrica de ar, tempo de mistura - e os de transferência de oxigênio foram realizados para vazões de ar até 2500 l/h em meio bifásico e em meio trifásico com concentrações de areia iguais a 30, 70, 100 e 150 g/l. O diâmetro interno de 125 mm foi o mais eficiente na indução de velocidade de circulação do líquido. A fração volumétrica de ar aumentou com o aumento do diâmetro interno para mesmas velocidades superficiais de ar, com exceção do menor diâmetro, o qual apresentou comportamento diferenciado dos demais. Os reator com diâmetro interno de 150 mm apresentou maiores valores de KLa para as mesmas vazões de ar. Observou-se que a adição de sólidos causou um decréscimo da velocidade do líquido e da fração... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Aerobic internal-loop airlift reactor has some characteristics that allow wastewater treatment in a single stage. The attractive to use this kind of reactor is mainly because of its capacity of maintaining a high active biomass concentration into it, which induces its small structure, in a consequence of its small hydraulic detention time. The biofilm efficiency in the treatment depends on reactor's hydrodynamic conditions. The structure of the biofilm and the oxygen transfer into its layers is affected by the liquid velocity induced by the air flow rate. This work proposed an investigation about the influence of the diameter of the concentric tubes, using four geometric configurations. The model had a 250 mm external tube and the inner draft tube with diameters of 100, 125, 150 and 200 mm, which means AD/AR equals to 5.25, 3.00, 1.78 and 0.56, respectively. The draft tube's height was 2,22 m and was positioned 0,05 m above the bottom of the reactor. The static fluid height was 2,35 m. The hydrodynamic tests - liquid velocities, gas hold up, mixture time - and the oxygen transfer tests were conducted for two and three-phase systems, with variable air flow rate up to 2500 l/h. The solid phase concentrations used were 30, 70, 100 and 150 g/l. The 125 mm reactor was the most efficient in inducing the liquid circulation velocity. The gas hold up increased with the increasing of the draft tube diameter, for same superficial gas velocities, excepting the 100 mm, which showed a different behavior. The 150 mm reactor presented the highest values for KLa for the same air rate. It was noticed that the solids addiction decreased the liquid velocity, gas hold up and oxygen transfer. Hydrodynamics equations found in literature showed a limited applicability, evidencing the necessity of relations capable to reach the most different configuration for this kind of reactor. A mass transfer mathematic...(Complete abstract click electronic acces below) / Mestre

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第22428号 / 工博第4689号 / 新制||工||1732(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院工学研究科都市環境工学専攻 / (主査)教授 酒井 伸一, 教授 田中 宏明, 准教授 平井 康宏 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) / Kyoto University / DFAM

The aim of this thesis is to design a desulphurization device for the fluid boiler. In the fluid boiler, fuel with extremely high sulphur content is burnt and the combustion products are not desulphurized to the required level, therefore it is necessary to build a desulphurization device. The thesis consists of two parts – theoretical and practical. In the theoretical part I stated the emission limits of sulphur dioxide, elaborated possible desulphurization methods and described the sorbets suitable for desulphurization. In the practical part I chose a dry desulphurization method with fluid reactor, to which a dry sorbent on the basis of lime hydrate is dosed. For the required parameters, I designed the whole desulphurization equipment including cloth filters, all necessary silos and major components. It is a design proposal with a layout and a spatial model.

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Producing gasoline-type fuels from lignocellulosic biomass has two advantages over producing alcohol-type fuels from plant sugars: gasoline has superior fuel characteristics and plant lignin/cellulose does not compete with human food supplies. A promising technology for converting lignocellulose to fuel is catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP). The process involves injecting finely ground biomass into a fluidized bed reactor (FBR) at high temperatures, which reduce the biomass to gases that react inside the catalyst particles. This entails complex hydrodynamics to efficiently mix a stream of biomass into a catalyst bed that is fluidized by a separate stream of inert gas. Understanding the hydrodynamics is complicated by the fact that the entire process occurs inside a heavily insulated, opaque, reactor vessel. Numerical simulations offer a promising approach to understanding, predicting, and optimizing hydrodynamic mixing in a CFP biomass reactor. The purpose of this research is to understand the simulation techniques and statistical measures appropriate for quantifying mixing in a CFP biomass reactor. The methodology is validated against the canonical configuration of a non-reacting, single-inlet fluidized bed. A new finding is that the minimum bubbling velocity may be predicted by a significant increase in temporal variance of the pressure drop. The methodology is then applied to a non-canonical FBR in which biomass is injected into the catalyst bed via a vertical center tube. Since no hydrodynamic mixing data exist from laboratory experiments, mixing is inferred from the aromatics yield from the laboratory reactor. Flow configurations with which simulations demonstrate the best mixing have the highest aromatic yields in the experiments. The simulations indicate that when the bed is in the bubbling regime, the gasified biomass from the center tube is efficiently mixed radially throughout the catalyst bed. If the flow rate of inert gas is insufficient to bubble the bed, then the gasified biomass exits the center tube, reverses direction, and flows upward along the tube's outside wall. Provided the bed is bubbling due to the inert gas stream, the upper limit on the flow through the center tube, and thus the aromatic yield potential, has yet to be determined.

Groundwater (GW) accounting for most of the freshwater available around the World, finding sustainable techniques to depollute it is of crucial importance for safe drinking water supply. The extensive use of fertilizers in the agriculture, as well as other anthropogenic activities, are contributing to the excessive nitrate levels in some aquifers. These levels need to be reduced to obtain potable water. Bioelectrochemical systems (BES), using microorganisms to catalyze a desired electrochemical reaction, recently proved to be a very promising technology for water remediation. Groundwater denitrification using Microbial Electrolysis Cell (MEC) needs to be improved for further scaled-up on-site system. The advantages conferred by fluidized bed reactor (FBR), as well as the outstanding electrochemical properties of reduced graphene oxide (rGO), are two potential enhancements of such bioelectrochemical denitrification system that were investigated in this thesis. Some essential parameters could be determined during the preliminary steps' experiments. The fluidization trials gave us a clear insight that Coconut-based Activated Carbon (CAC) particles were resistant carrier particles, nicely fluidized within a 39.27cm3 circular cathodic chamber for a flow rate ranging between 450ml/min to 590ml/min. For the same flow rate of 500ml/min, we could obtain CAC particles fluidization for the upstream fluidized configuration, and still bed particles for the fixed bed downstream configuration, which would be very useful for later unbiased comparison. The denitrifying bacteria showed during their enrichment, a nitrate removal rate of up to 1.986ppm NO3-N/h in serum bottles, with an average of 0.38ppm NO2-N/h accumulation. The parallel running of fixed bed versus fluidized bed denitrifying reactor in order to compare their denitrification performances, was planned, but could not be performed due to COVID-19. The graphene oxide (GO) batch experiments showed a good biocompatibility between GO/rGO and our autotrophic denitrifying bacteria. A change of morphology within about 20 hours was observed, probably suggesting the reduction of GO to rGO by the bacteria. During a first test, the presence of GO led to a 2.7 folds less efficient denitrification performance as compared with the GO/rGO-free condition, likely due to the competition between nitrate and GO for being reduced. However, the denitrification rate in presence of GO/rGO increased up to 1.873ppm NO3-N/h after the second pulse of groundwater and flush with H2/CO2 gas, which is almost 2.3 folds higher than initially in the same condition. This suggests that GO needs some time to get fully reduced to rGO, and the denitrification rate might reach the same or higher levels as in the GO/rGO-free conditions, when GO is fully reduced. Improved denitrification would indicate that rGO facilitates the electron transfer between bacteria and nitrate, as it can be expected from its electrochemical properties previously studied. This would be worth being investigated in the scope of a longer experience. / Grundvatten (GW) som står för det mesta av det sötvatten som finns tillgängligt runt om i världen och att hitta hållbara tekniker för att förorena det är av avgörande betydelse för en trygg dricksvattenförsörjning. Den omfattande användningen av gödselmedel i jordbruket, liksom andra antropogena aktiviteter, bidrar till de överdrivna nitratnivåerna i vissa vattenfiskare. Dessa nivåer måste sänkas för att erhålla dricksvatten. Bioelektrokemiska system (BES), med användning av mikroorganismer för att katalysera en önskad elektrokemisk reaktion, visade sig nyligen vara en mycket lovande teknik för sanering av vatten. Grundvatten denitrifikation med hjälp av Microbial Electrolysis Cell (MEC) måste förbättras för att ytterligare skala upp systemet på plats. Fördelarna med fluidiserad bäddreaktor (FBR) såväl som de enastående elektrokemiska egenskaperna hos reducerad grafenoxid (rGO) är två potentiella förbättringar av ett sådant bioelektrokemiskt denitrifikationssystem som undersöktes i denna avhandling. Vissa väsentliga parametrar kan bestämmas under de preliminära stegens experiment. Fluidiseringsstudierna gav oss en klar insikt om att kokosnötbaserade aktiverade kolpartiklar (CAC) -partiklar var resistenta bärarpartiklar, trevligt fluidiserade i en cirkulär katodisk kammare på 39,27 cm3 för en flödeshastighet mellan 450ml/min till 590ml/min. För samma flödeshastighet på 500ml/min kunde vi få CAC-partikelfluidisering för uppströms fluidiserad konfiguration och stillbäddspartiklar för den fixerade bädden nedströms konfiguration, vilket skulle vara mycket användbart för senare opartisk jämförelse. De denriffriserande bakterierna visade under deras anrikning en nitratborttagningshastighet av upp till 1,986 ppm NO3-N/h i serumflaskor, med ett genomsnitt på 0,38 ppm NO2-N / h ackumulering. Den parallella körningen av denitrifierande reaktorn med fast bädd kontra fluidiserad bädd för att jämföra deras denitrifikationsprestanda planerades, men kunde inte utföras på grund av COVID-19. Diagramexperimenten av grafenoxid (GO) visade en god biokompatibilitet mellan GO/rGO och våra autotrofiska denitrifierande bakterier. En förändring av morfologin inom cirka 20 timmar observerades, vilket antagligen antydde att bakterierna minskade GO till rGO. Under ett första test ledde närvaron av GO till 2,7 gånger mindre effektiv denitrifikationsprestanda jämfört med GO/rGO-fritt tillstånd, troligtvis på grund av konkurrensen mellan nitrat och GO för att ha minskat. Denitrifikationsgraden i närvaro av GO/rGO ökade emellertid upp till 1,873 ppm NO3-N/h efter den andra grundvattenspulsen och spolades med H2/CO2-gas, vilket är nästan 2,3 gånger högre än ursprungligen i samma tillstånd. Detta antyder att GO behöver lite tid för att helt reduceras till rGO, och denitrifikationsgraden kan nå samma eller högre nivåer som i GO/rGO-fria förhållanden, när GO är helt reducerad. Förbättrad denitrifikation skulle indikera att rGO underlättar elektronöverföring mellan bakterier och nitrat, som det kan förväntas av dess elektrokemiska egenskaper som tidigare studerats. Detta skulle vara värt att undersökas inom ramen för en längre upplevelse.