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Unit 3 - Minimum
Fluidization

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Assignment: Module 2
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Introduction and Fluidization

Particle Engineering
Properties
Assignment 2
Minimum
Fluidization Module 2: Minimum Fluidization
Each question has only one correct answers and carries one mark. (1x30)
Minimum
Fluidization 1) A conical fluidized bed is operated with cubical catalyst particle of size 2 mm 1 point
Velocity: operating with hot air as the fluidizing gas, estimate the effective diameter of the particle?
fluid-solid
System
dp = 0.87 m
Minimum
Fluidization dp = 1.052×10-5 m
Velocity:
dp = 2.481×10-3 m
Liquid-solid &
gas-liquid-solid dp = 0.5 m
System
No, the answer is incorrect.
Quiz :
Score: 0
Assignment:
Module 2 Accepted Answers:

Assignment dp = 2.481×10-3 m
Solution
2) A fluidized bed is used for drying of coffee beans with hot air as the fluidizing 1 point
Flow Regime and medium working at minimum fluidizing condition. Calculate the void fraction at
its Map minimum fluidizing condition when the sphericity of the coffee beans are 0.88?

Frictional 0.69
Pressure Drop
Characteristics 0.99
0.39
Gas Distribution
0.43

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and Entrainment 0.5 mm and density by kg/m3. The air properties are: density= 1.2 kg/m3 and viscosity
Powered1400
Characteristics
= 1.3´10 pa.s. The bulk density of the fluidized bed with air is 1092 kg/m3. Find the
–5

Entrainment, void fraction of the fluidized bed.

Elutriation and
Attrition 0.22

Attrition, mixing
0.37
and Segregation 0.01

Phase Dispersion 0.41

No, the answer is incorrect.
Mass Transfer
Score: 0
and Heat Transfer
Accepted Answers:
0.22

4) The gas holdup can be experimentally estimated by phase-isolation technique 1 point

where HM and HL represents the gas-liquid mixture height and clear liquid height in
presence of aeration and without aeration. Data: HM = 0.39 m, HL = 0.36 m. Determine
the gas holdup in percentage?

7.692

10.00

18.07

12.05

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
7.692

5) A fluidized bed of length 1.5 m is being used to reduce the moisture from the 1 point
polymeric particle (density= 1050 kg/m3) in presence of the hot air. Calculate the
frictional pressure drop in the fluidized? Data: Air density= 1.2 kg/m3, bed void fraction
= 0.23, g = 10 m/s2.

25.12 KPa
20.92 KPa
12.11 KPa
15.25 KPa
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
12.11 KPa
6) A fluidized bed reactor is being used to regenerate the aluminum catalyst 1 point
particle (diameter = 5 mm) in presence of air as the fluidizing medium. The density of the
catalyst particle is 1350 kg/m3. The density and viscosity of the air is 1.2 kg/m and
9´10-5 Pa.s respectively. Estimate the minimum fluidization velocity of the system.

25.983 m/s
1.275 m/s
5.275 m/s
4.263 m/s
No, the answer is incorrect.

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Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
1.275 m/s
7) A fluidized bed is working at minimum fluidization condition in presence of 1 point
water as the fluid medium. The sphericity of the glass particle is 0.88 and the void
fraction at minimum fluidization condition is 0.55. The Archimedes number of the
particle is given as 20000. Estimate the Reynolds number of particle at the minimum
fluidization condition.

Rep,mf = 24.49
Rep,mf = 105.49
Rep,mf = 22.78
Rep,mf = 29.55
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Rep,mf = 24.49
8) Ina gas-liquid-solid system, the density of the gas, liquid and solid are 1.1, 1 point
3
997.89 and 1395 kg/m respectively. The gas holdup of gas and liquid are 0.22 and 0.62
respectively. Determine the density of the mixture in the system.

rm = 900 kg/m3
rm = 842.13 kg/m3
rm = 800 kg/m3
rm = 921.55 kg/m3
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
rm = 842.13 kg/m3
9) The superficial fluid velocity of homogeneous gas-liquid mixture is 0.5 m/s. 1 point
3
The volumetric flow rate of the gas and liquid velocity is 1 and 0.75 m /s. Estimate the
Cross-sectional area of the bed.

2.5 m2
1.5 m2
8.5 m2
3.5 m2
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
3.5 m2
10)Calculate the solid phase friction factor for three-phase homogeneous flow 1 point
system. Data given: Rea = 889.

fs = 0.456
fs = 0.258
fs = 0.412
fs = 0.88

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No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
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fs = 0.456
11)At terminal velocity 1 point

Weight of the object = Sum of buoyancy and drag force

Weight of the object = Multiplication of buoyancy and drag force
Weight of the object = Difference of buoyancy and drag force
None of the these
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Weight of the object = Sum of buoyancy and drag force
12)According to stokes law, terminal velocity is expressed as: 1 point

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
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13)For the Stokes law region, the Reynolds number of the particle is 1 point

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
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14)Buoyancy force is given by 1 point

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None of these

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
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15)For Rep £ 1, drag force (FD) is expressed as 1 point

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
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16)Terminal velocity for turbulent flow (0.1 < Rep £ 500) is 1 point

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
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17) 1 point
The value of drag coefficient for the turbulent flow Rep > 500

0.64
1.0

0.44

0.24

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
0.44

18)According to Zhou et al. (2009) model minimum fluidization velocity in conical 1 point
fluidized bed with solid-fluid system is

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:

19) 1 point
Void fraction for the spherical particle during minimum fluidization is usually

0.4 - 0.45
0.3 - 0.35
0.5 - 0.55
0.6 - 0.65
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
0.4 - 0.45
20)The frictional pressure drop at minimum fluidization can be estimated with the help of 1 point

Stokes law
Ergun equation

Archimedes law
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Ergun equation

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21)The drag coefficient (CD) value for a cube of side ‘D’ and Reynolds number 1 point
>104 is

<1
1.05
2.05
1.15
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
1.05
22) 1 point
At the Stokes law region (Rep £ 0.1), the drag coefficient is expressed as

1.0

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:

23) 1 point
Turbulent drag is expressed by the equation

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
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24) 1 point
Relation between dimensionless particle diameter and the Archimedes number
(Ar)

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No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
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25)At the onset of fluidization 1 point

Drag force by upward moving gas > Apparent weight of particle

Drag force by upward moving gas = Apparent weight of particle
Drag force by upward moving gas < Apparent weight of particle
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Drag force by upward moving gas = Apparent weight of particle
26)Archimedes number is same as 1 point

Galileo number
Reynolds number
Capillary number
Bond number
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Galileo number
27)According to Wen and Yu (1966), the correlation for the minimum voidage is 1 point

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:

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28)Calculate the minimum fluidized bed height when the mass of the bed (M bed) is 15 kg 1 point
and cross sectional area of the bed (Abed) is 20 m2. Minimum void fraction (emf) of the bed is
0.45 and the density of the particle (rp) is 1.2×10-3 kg/m3.

0.152 m
0.132 m
0.251 m
0.231 m
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
0.152 m
29)Calculate the K1 and K2 values for a minimum fluidized bed having minimum void 1 point
fraction (emf) is 0.45 and the sphericity of the particle (Fs) is 0.67.

26.66 and 2010.81

66.28 and 2061.81
66.26 and 2001.81
28.66 and 2016.81
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
28.66 and 2016.81
30)Calculate the minimum void fraction (emf) at minimum fluidized condition. The bed is 1 point
packed with the cubic particle of sphericity (Fs) 0.81.

0.445
0.544
0.454
None of the above
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
0.445

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