Industry/University Cooperative Fluidization Research Group:Scale Effects on Gas and Solid Flow Patterns

Information

• NSF Award
• 8715406

Owner

• West Virginia University

• Award Id

  8715406

• Award Effective Date

  9/1/1987 - 36 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  2/28/1989 - 35 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 100,000.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

The "scaling up" from laboratory results to commercial sized fluidized bed reactions has remained only partially successful. This study is investigating the scale effects on the gas and solid flow patterns in fluidized bed systems. The studies are two integrated efforts. The first involves studying the flow patterns in three similar circular beds and in three similar rectangular systems with aspect ratios of 2:1. The second study is investigating the fundamentals of emulsion phase stability, bubble dynamics and associated flow of particles, gas backmixing, and solids dispersion. The study is divided into four tasks: 1) Recognition of Gas.Solid Contact Using Chemical Reactions, 2) Gas and Solids Flow Patterns in Fluidized Beds, 3) Development of Fluidized Bed Instrumentation and 4) The Effect of Configuration on Flow Patterns of Solids and Gases. This two year study is being cost.shared by DuPont Union Carbide, the Electric Power Research Institute and West Virginia University. The Co.Principal Investigators and their colleagues are noted experts in their disciplines and are well qualified to conduct this study. The project has been coordinated with Dr. M. Ojalvo, ENG/CBT/PMP. The Program Manager recommends that West Virginia University be awarded $100,000 for the first year of a two.year continuing grant. Second year funding is to be contingent upon satisfactory research progress and companies cost sharing at least $100,000 to complete the project.

• Program Officer

  alexander schwarzkopf

• Min Amd Letter Date

  8/11/1987 - 36 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  8/11/1987 - 36 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  West Virginia University

• City

  Morgantown

• State

  WV

• Country

  United States

• Postal Code

  26506

• Phone Number

  3042930111

• First Name

  Hisashi

• Last Name

  Kono

• Start Date

  9/1/1987 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Richard

• Last Name

  Turton

• Email Address

  richard.turton@mail.wvu.edu

• Start Date

  9/1/1987 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Technology Transfer

• Code

  110000

• Name

  Energy Research & Resources

• Code

  306000

• Name

  Industrial Technology

• Code

  308000

• Name

  Chemistry

• Code

  12

• Name

  Engineering-Chemical

• Code

  53

• Text

  INDUSTRY/UNIV COOP RES CENTERS

• Code

  5761