Scaling of flow phenomena in circulating fluidized bed boilers

• Authors: Paweł Mirek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper presents an overview of scaling models used for determining hydrodynamic parameters of Circulating Fluidized Bed boilers. The governing equations and the corresponding dimensionless numbers are derived and presented for three different approaches to the scaling law of fluidized beds: classical dimensional analysis, differential equations and integrated solutions and experimental correlations. Some results obtained with these equations are presented. Finally, the capabilities and limitations of scaling experiments are discussed.

Keywords

EN

scaling; fluidized bed; hydrodynamics

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Chemical and Process Engineering
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 32
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 91-100

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2011

online

11 - 7 - 2011

Contributors

author

Paweł Mirek

• Faculty of Environmental Protection and Engineering, Department of Heating, Ventilation and Air Protection, Częstochowa University of Technology, ul. Dąbrowskiego 69, 42-200 Częstochowa, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10176-011-0008-4