TY - JOUR
T1 - Some drying aspects of multistage fluidized beds
AU - Kannan, C. Srinivasa
AU - Subramanian, N. Bala
PY - 1998/12
Y1 - 1998/12
N2 - Multistage fluidized beds with and without downcomers to the horizontal perforated plates are used to dry food materials under different experimental conditions. The influence of various operating parameters such as inlet temperature of the heating medium, flow rate of the heating medium, material flow rate, and number of stages have been investigated. The performance of multistage fluidized beds with and without downcomers is compared and the difference in performance is explained based on stagnancy and short-circuiting of materials in each stage. The performance of the multistage fluidized bed with downcomers is also compared with batch fluidized bed and found to be superior under identical operation conditions.
AB - Multistage fluidized beds with and without downcomers to the horizontal perforated plates are used to dry food materials under different experimental conditions. The influence of various operating parameters such as inlet temperature of the heating medium, flow rate of the heating medium, material flow rate, and number of stages have been investigated. The performance of multistage fluidized beds with and without downcomers is compared and the difference in performance is explained based on stagnancy and short-circuiting of materials in each stage. The performance of the multistage fluidized bed with downcomers is also compared with batch fluidized bed and found to be superior under identical operation conditions.
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U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4125(199812)21:12<961::AID-CEAT961>3.0.CO;2-0
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4125(199812)21:12<961::AID-CEAT961>3.0.CO;2-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032436462
SN - 0930-7516
VL - 21
SP - 961
EP - 966
JO - Chemical Engineering and Technology
JF - Chemical Engineering and Technology
IS - 12
ER -