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Heat Transfer Investigations in a Slurry Bubble Column
Final Report: Vol. 1 and 2 - 1991

Saxena, S. C.
Rao, N. S., Dr.
Vadivel, R., Dr.
Verma, A. K., Dr.
Shrivastav, S.
Saxena, A. C.
Patel, B. B.
Thimmapuram, P. R.
Kagzi, M. Y.
Khan, I. A.

University of Illinois at Chicago

Table of Contents 73kb

Volume 1

Page
Section 1
582kb

Objectives of the Project

3

Abstract

4
1. Executive Summary 5
Section 2
392kb
2. Introduction 20
Section 3
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3. Experimental Facilities 30
3.1 Small Bubble Column (1.108m i.d.) 30
3.1.1 Heat Transfer Internals and Thermocouple Probes 35
3.1.2 Data Acquisition and Analysis System 41
3.2 Large Bubble Column (0.305m i.d.) 44
3.2.1 Heat Transfer Internals and Radial Thermocouple Probes 49
3.2.2 Temperature Controllers, Data Acquisition and Processing Systems 63
3.3 Gas Supply System 63
3.4 Powders and Their Properties 66
Section 4
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4. Experimental Data and Results 75
4.1 Fluids and Their Properties 75
4.2 Slurries and Their Properties 75
4.3 Gas Holdup Data for the Small Column 77
4.3.1 Operating Mode and a Typical Procedure 77
4.3.2 Air-Water System 78
4.3.3 Nitrogen-Therminol System 82
4.3.4 Air-Water-Red Iron Oxide System 88
4.3.5 Air-Water-Glass Bead System 92
4.3.6 Air-Water-Magnetite System 92
4.3.7 Nitrogen-Therminol-Red Iron Oxide System 102
4.3.8 Nitrogen-Therminol-Magnetite System 109
Section 5
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4.4 Heat Transfer Data for the Small Column 112
4.4.1 Operating Mode and a Typical Procedure 112
4.4.2 Air-Water System 115
4.4.3 Nitrogen-Therminol System 127
4.4.4 Air-Water-Red Iron Oxide System 127
4.4.5 Air-Water-Glass Bead System 133
4.4.6 Air-Water-Magnetite Sytem 137
4.4.7 Nitrogen-Therminol-Red Iron Oxide System 147
4.4.8 Nitrogen-Therminol-Magnetite System 153
Section 6
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4.5 Gas Holdup Data for the Large Column 153
4.5.1 Operating Mode and a Typical Procedure 153
4.5.2 Air-Water System 158
4.5.3 Nitrogen-Therminol System 165
4.5.4 Air-Water-Silica Sand System 172
4.5.5 Air-Water-Glass Bead System 172
4.5.6 Air-Water-Magnetite System 187
4.5.7 Nitrogen-Therminol-Magnetite System 187
Section 7
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4.6 Heat Transfer Data for the Large Column 192
4.6.1 Operating Mode and Typical Procedure 192
4.6.2 Air-Water System 194
4.6.3 Nitrogen-Therminol System 203
4.6.4 Air-Water-Silica Sand System 207
4.6.5 Air-Water-Glass Bead System 207
4.6.6 Air-Water-Magnetite System 218
4.6.7 Nitrogen-Therminol-Magnetite System 223

Volume II

Section 1
1591kb
5. Discussion of Experiment and Theory: Gas Holdup 230
5.1 Available Data and Correlations for Two-Phase Systems 230
5.2 Available Data and Correlations for Three-Phase Systems 234
5.3 Comparison of Present Two-Phase Data with Theory 236
5.4 Comparison of Present Three-Phase Data with Theory 257
5.5 Conclusions and Recommendations 273
Section 2
978kb
6. Discussion of Experiment and Theory: Heat Transfer 276
6.1 Available Data and Correlations for Two-Phase Systems 276
6.2 Available Data and Correlations for Three-Phase System 283
6.3 Comparison of Present Two-Phase Data with Theory 290
Section 3
1517kb
6.4 Comparison of Present Three-Phase Data with Theory 303
6.5 Conclusions and Recommendations 339
Section 4
614kb
7. General Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Work 345
8. Nomenclature 359
Section 5
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9. References 364
10. List of Figures 375
11. List of Tables 389
12. Acknowledgements 395