Wavelet based analysis of pressure fluctuation signals measured from a wind cap in bubbling fluidized bed

Author(s):  
Huawei Jiang ◽  
Hongwei Chen ◽  
Yang Wang ◽  
Zhenxin Wu ◽  
Jianqiang Gao ◽  
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Author(s):  
Vesa V. Walle´n

Pressure measurements were conducted in a two-dimensional hot atmospheric bubbling fluidized bed reactor in the laboratory of Energy and Process Engineering at Tampere University of Technology. A set of six fast pressure transducers was used to detect the rapid pressure fluctuations inside the bubbling bed of the reactor. These pressure transducers were placed both vertically and horizontally into the reactor. From these measurements it was found that the vertical pressure fluctuation took place at the same time at different levels of the bed. Also the same fluctuation could be seen under the air distributor. The horizontal pressure fluctuation was found to vary both by place and time. At the bottom part of the bed the highest pressure peaks was found at centre of the bed. Most of the time there was a pressure gradient the highest pressure being in the centre of the bed. This gradient creates horizontal flow of gases from middle to the sides. The velocity of this flow varies with the size of the pressure gradient. The opposite effect can be found in the upper part of the bed. The highest pressure was no more in the middle part of the bed. Instead, it was found to be between the centre of the bed and left and right walls. The pressure was low at the walls but also rather low at the middle of the bed. There must be flow towards the walls and to the centre axis. These pressure fluctuations can provide an explanation for the well-known “wandering plume” effect. They can also give a tool to better describe the mixing inside a bubbling fluidized bed. This kind of tool is needed when biomass combustion is modelled in bubbling fluidized bed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 1247-1256
Author(s):  
Seyedeh Mahsa Okhovat-Alavian ◽  
Jamshid Behin ◽  
Navid Mostoufi

2017 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 93-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Xiang ◽  
Qinghai Li ◽  
Zhongchao Tan ◽  
Yanguo Zhang

2015 ◽  
Vol 798 ◽  
pp. 160-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flavia Tramontin Silveira Schaffka ◽  
Giulia Kaminski Tramontin ◽  
Maria Regina Parise

This work studies the induced defluidization condition of a gas-solid fluidized bed system when distilled water is continuously injected into the bed of particles. Experimental tests carried out to different water flow rates were analyzed through a technique based on pressure signals measurements. The bed material used was glass beads (Geldart D particles), with mean diameter of 1.55 mm. Experiments were performed in an acrylic Plexiglas tube with 0.11m in inner diameter and 1.0 m in height, with the bed led from an initially bubbling regime up to attain a fixed bed condition. Pressure fluctuations were acquired and processed using LabVIEW 10.0TMsoftware. Results showed that the defluidization condition promoted by water injection in a bubbling fluidized bed can be efficiently identified using pressure fluctuation measurements.


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