Effects of spherical adsorbent fluidization and self-rotation on removal of VOCs in a cyclonic fluidized bed
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Liang Ma; Guolin Xiang; Yuan Huang; Meng-Ya He; Jianping Li; Pengbo Fu
- Source
- Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 85(0), pp.181-189 May, 2020
- Subject
- 화학공학
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1876-794X
1226-086X
Afluidized bed has the advantages of treating largeflows, intensifying mass and heat transfer, andlowering costs. This study proposed a cyclonicfluidized bed packed with spherical activated carbonadsorbents for volatile organic compounds adsorption. Thefluidization and self-rotation of the ACparticles in a 25 mm cyclonicfluidized bed were studied with high-speed camera testing technology. Theeffects of the particle movement on the adsorption efficiency of toluene were also tested. The resultsshow that most of the particles at the inlet side of the cyclonicfluidized bed were moving up when theinlet airflow rate was greater than 2.0 m3/h. The particles began to move in clusters when the relativepacking height increased to a critical value of 0.57. Increasing the gasflow rate and the diameter andheight of the core column will increase the self-rotation speed of the total particles. The maximum selfrotationspeed of spherical adsorbents reached 1700 rad/s at the inletflow rate of 2.5 m3/h. In the case ofthe same axial velocity of the gas phase in the upper space of the core column, increasing the particle selfrotationspeed can slightly improve the adsorption efficiency. The maximum adsorption efficiencyreached 99% when the inletflow rate is 1.0 m3/h with relative packing height 0.65.