Steam drying a bed of porous spheres: Theory and experiment

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1675-1698

  Hager, Jörgen ^a   Wimmerstedt, Roland ^a   Whitaker, Stephen ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid model; Porous particles; Steam drying; Superheated steam; Volume average

Indexed keywords

DRYING; FLUID FLOW; POROUS SPHERE; PROCESS MODEL; STEAM DRYING;

ALUMINA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; POROUS MATERIALS; SPHERES; STEAM;

STEAM DRYING;

DRYING;

DRYING; POROUS MEDIUM; STEAM;

EID: 0343776153     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00398-X     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. Arbogast, T. (1988). The dual porosity model for single phase flow in naturally fractured reservoirs. In M. F. Wheeler, Numerical simulation in oil recovery. The IMA volumes in mathematics and its Applications, vol. 11 (pp. 23-45). Berlin: Springer.
2. Carberry J.J. Chemical and catalytic reaction engineering. 1976;McGraw-Hill, New York.
3. Carbonell R.G., Whitaker S. Heat and mass transfer in porous media. Bear J., Corapcioglu M.Y. Fundamentals of transport in porous media. 1984;123-198 Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
4. Dixon A.G. An improved equation for the overall heat transfer coefficient in packed beds. Chemical Engineering Process. 35:1996;323-331.
5. Douglas J., Arbogast T. Dual porosity models for flow in naturally fractured reservoirs. Cushman J.H. Dynamics of fluids in hierarchical porous media. 1990;177-221 Academic Press, London.
6. Eidsath A.B., Carbonell R.G., Whitaker S., Herrmann L.R. Dispersion in pulsed systems III. Comparison between theory and experiments for packed beds Chemical Engineering Science. 38:1983;1803-1816.
7. Fyhr, C., & Rasmuson, A. (1994). Numerical simulation of superheated steam drying of wood chips. Drying'94, pp. 727-734.
8. Gillespie B.M., Crandall E.D., Carberry J.J. Local and average interphase heat transfer coefficients in a randomly packed bed of spheres. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal. 14:1968;483-490.
9. Gray W.G. A derivation of the equations for multi-phase transport. Chemical Engineering Science. 30:1975;229-233.
10. Gray W.G., Leijnse A., Kolar R.L., Blain C.A. Mathematical tools for changing spatial scales in the analysis of physical systems. 1993;CRC Press, Boca Raton.
11. Hager, J. (1998). Steam drying of porous media. Ph.D. thesis, Department of Chemical Engineering Institute, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
12. Hager J., Hermansson M., Wimmerstedt R. Modelling steam drying of a single porous ceramic sphere. Experiments and simulations Chemical Engineering Science. 52:1997;1253-1264.
13. Han N.-W., Bhakta J., Carbonell R.G. Longitudinal and lateral dispersion in packed beds. Effect of column length and particle size distribution American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal. 31:1985;277-288.
14. Hermansson M., Andersson P., Wimmerstedt R. Steam drying of wood fuels. Drying Technology. 10:1992;1267-1286.
15. Khan J.A., Beasley D.E., Alatas B. Evaporation from a packed bed of porous particles into superheated vapor. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 34:1991;267-280.
16. Kaviany M. Principles of heat transfer in porous media. 1991;Springer, New York.
17. Lasseux D., Quintard M., Whitaker S. Determination of permeability tensors for two-phase flow in homogenous porous media. Theory Transport in Porous Media. 24:1996;107-137.
18. Li C.-H., Finlayson B.A. Heat transfer in packed beds - a reevaluation. Chemical Engineering Science. 32:1977;1055-1066.
19. Moyne, C., & Degiovanni, A. (1985). Importance of gas phase momentum equation in drying above the boiling point of water. Drying'85, pp. 109-116.
20. Moyne C., Batsale J.-C., Degiovanni A. Approche expérimentale et théorique de la conductivité thermique des milieux poreux humides - II. Théorie. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 31:1988;2319-2330.
21. Moyne C., Perré P. Processes related to drying. Part I, Theoretical model Drying technology. 9:1991;1135-1152.
22. Moyne C., Stemmelen D., Degiovanni A. Asymmetric drying of porous materials at high temperature. Theoretical analysis and experiments. International Chemical Engineering. 30:1990;654-671.
23. Nozad I., Carbonell R.G., Whitaker S. Heat conduction in multiphase systems-I Theory and experiment for two-phase systems. Chemical Engineering Science. 40:1985;843-855.
24. Ochoa J.A., Stroeve P., Whitaker S. Diffusion and reaction in cellular media. Chemical Engineering Science. 41:1986;2999-3013.
25. Ochoa-Tapia J.A., Whitaker S. Heat transfer at the boundary between a porous medium and a homogeneous fluid. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 40:1997;2691-2707.
26. Ochoa-Tapia J.A., Whitaker S. Heat transfer at the boundary between a porous medium and a homogeneous fluid. The one-equation model Journal of Porous Media. 1:1998;31-46.
27. Paine M.A., Carbonell R.G., Whitaker S. Dispersion in pulsed systems I. Heterogeneous reaction and reversible adsorption in capillary tubes Chemical Engineering Science. 38:1983;1781-1793.
28. Perré P., Moser M., Martin M. Advances in transport phenomena during convective drying with superheated steam and moist air. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 36:1993;2725-2746.
29. Potter O.E. Approaches to more economical drying of particles and lumps. Mujumdar A.S. Drying'1980. 1980;396-400 Hemisphere, New York.
30. Quintard M., Whitaker S. Two-phase flow in heterogeneous porous media. The method of large-scale averaging Transport in Porous Media. 3:1988;357-413.
31. Quintard M., Whitaker S. Two-phase flow in heterogeneous porous media I. The influence of large spatial and temporal gradients Transport in Porous Media. 5:1990;341-379.
32. Quintard M., Whitaker S. One- and two-equation models for transient diffusion processes in two-phase systems. Advances in Heat Transfer. vol. 23:1993;369-463 Academic Press, New York.
33. Quintard M., Whitaker S. Convection, dispersion, and interfacial transport of contaminants. Homogeneous porous media Advances in Water Resources. 17:1994;221-239.
34. Quintard M., Whitaker S. Transport in ordered and disordered porous media I. The cellular average and the use of weighting functions Transport in Porous Media. 14:1994;163-177.
35. Quintard M., Whitaker S. Transport in ordered and disordered porous media II. Generalized volume averaging Transport in Porous Media. 14:1994;179-206.
36. Quintard M., Whitaker S. Transport in ordered and disordered porous media III. Closure and comparison between theory and experiment Transport in Porous Media. 15:1994;31-49.
37. Quintard M., Whitaker S. Transport in ordered and disordered porous media IV. Computer generated porous media Transport in Porous Media. 15:1994;51-70.
38. Quintard M., Whitaker S. Transport in ordered and disordered porous media V. Geometrical results for two-dimensional systems Transport in Porous Media. 15:1994;183-196.
39. Quintard M., Whitaker S. Local thermal equilibrium for transient heat conduction. theory and comparison with numerical experiments International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 38:1995;2779-2796.
40. Quintard M., Kaviany M., Whitaker S. Two-medium treatment of heat transfer in porous media. Numerical results for effective properties Advances in Water Resources. 19:1997;49-60.
41. Quintard M., Whitaker S. Theoretical modeling of transport in porous media. Hadim H.A., Vafai K. Handbook of heat transfer in porous media. 1999;Marcel Decker, New York.
42. Schlünder E.-U. Transport phenomena in packed bed reactors. Luss D., Weekman V.W. Jr. Chemical reaction engineering reviews - Houston. 1978;Houston, ACS, Washington, DC. Chapter 4.
43. Shibata H., Mada J., Shinohara H. Drying mechanism of sintered spheres of glass beads in superheated steam. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 27:1988;2353-2362.
44. Vortmeyer D., Berninger R. Comparison of dispersion models for calculation of temperature profiles in packed beds. German Chemical Engineering. 6:1983;9-14.
45. Vortmeyer D., Schuster J. Evaluation of steady flow profiles in rectangular and circular packed beds by a variational method. Chemical Engineering Science. 38:1983;1691-1699.
46. Westerink E.J., Gerner J.W., van der Wal S., Westererp K.R. The lumping of heat transfer parameters in cooled packed beds. effect of the bed entry Chemical Engineering Process. 32:1993;83-88.
47. Whitaker S. Fundamental principles of heat transfer. 1983;Krieger, Malabar, FL.
48. Whitaker S. Levels of simplification. The use of assumptions, restrictions, and constraints in engineering analysis Chemical Engineering Education. 22:1988;104-108.
49. Whitaker S. Improved constraints for the principle of local thermal equilibrium. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 30:1991;983-997.
50. Whitaker S. Coupled transport in multiphase systems. A theory of drying Advances in heat transfer. vol. 31:1998;1-102 Academic Press, New York.
51. Whitaker S. The method of volume averaging. 1999;Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
52. Wimmerstedt R. Steam drying - History and future. Drying Technology. 13:1995;1059-1076.
53. Wimmerstedt R., Hager J. Steam drying - modelling and applications. Drying Technology. 14:1996;1099-1119.
54. Zanotti F., Carbonell R.G. Development of transport equations for multiphase systems - III. Application to heat transfer in packed beds Chemical Engineering Science. 39:1984;299-311.