Asian Journal of Scientific Research1992-14542077-2076Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/ajsr.2013.157.166Mohideen BatchaMohd Faizal Mohd NawiMohd Al-Hafiz Anwar SulaimanShaharin R. RaghavanVijay 2201362A numerical investigation via commercial Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD)
package, FLUENT, was carried out to investigate the aerodynamic characteristics
of air flow in a Swirling Fluidized Bed (SFB). The study focused on the distributor
blade configurations whereby the effect of number of blades and blade inclination
in radial plane were investigated. Twelve configurations were simulated at 30,
45 and 60 blades for four radial inclinations, 0, 10, 13.5 and 15°. Two
criterions were taken as performance characteristics to evaluate each configuration
namely the uniformity of tangential velocity distribution and pressure drop.
High uniformity at the distributor outlet will ensure uniform solid-gas contact
in the actual system while low pressure drop is vital to minimize power consumption
in the system. From the results, it was evident that the 30 blades with 10E
radial inclination of distributor blade in plenum chamber offer the best configuration
for actual application.]]>Kunii, D. and O. Levenspiel,19912nd Edn.,pp: 491pp: 491Puranik, V., P. Srivastava, V. Mishra and D.C. Saxena,20127311319Arumugam, A. and V. Ponnusami,20125278284Howard, J.R.,1989Shu, J., V.I. Lakshmanan and C.E. Dodson,200039499506Sreenivasan, B. and V.R. Raghavan,20024199106Mohideen, M.F., B. Sreenivasan, S.A. Sulaiman and V.R. Raghavan,201229862867Batcha, M.F.M. and V.R. Raghavan,20111119801986