Fluidization Engineering
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The official GTU curriculum for Fluidization Engineering (subject code 3713016) as prescribed for CE · Semester 1 divides the course into 5 units, covering 61 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3713016)Unit 1 Introduction to fluidization and applications
- Phenomenon of fluidization
- behavior of fluidized bed, contacting modes
- advantages and disadvantages of fluidization
- fluidization quality
- selection of contacting mode
- Beds for Industrial applications
- coal gasification
- synthesis reactions
- physical operations
- cracking of hydrocarbons
Unit 2 Mapping of fluidization regimes
- characterization of particles
- mechanics of flow around single particles
- minimum fluidization velocity
- pressure drop versus velocity diagram
- The Geldart classification of solids
- fluidization with carryover of particles
- terminal velocity of particles
- distributor types
- gas entry region of bed, pressure drop requirements
- design of gas distributor
- power consumption
Unit 3 Bubbling fluidized beds
- Davidson model for bubble in a fluidized bed, and its implications
- the wake region and movement of solids at bubbles
- coalescence and splitting of bubbles
- bubble formation above a distributor
- slug flow
- Turbulent and fast fluidization - mechanics
- flow regimes and design equations
- Emulsion movement
- estimation of bed properties
- bubble rise velocity
- scale up aspects
- flow models
- two phase model
Unit 4 Solids movement and Gas dispersion
- Vertical and horizontal movement of solids
- Dispersion model
- large solids in beds of smaller particles
- staging of fluidized beds Gas dispersion in beds
- gas interchange between bubble and emulsion
- estimation of gas interchange coefficient
- Heat and mass transfer in fluidized systems
- Mixing in fluidized systems - measurements and models
Unit 5 Fluidized bed reactors
- Entrainment and elutriation
- Freeboard behavior
- gas outlet
- entrainment from tall vessel
- freeboard entrainment model
- high velocity fluidization
- pressure drop in turbulent and fast fluidization
- Spouted beds
- Circulating Fluidized Beds
- Mathematical model of a homogeneous fluidized bed, Design of catalytic reactors
- pilot plant reactors
- information for design
- bench scale reactors
- design decisions
- deactivating catalysts
- Design of noncatalytic reactors
- kinetic models for conversion of solids
- models for shrinking particles
- conversion of solids of unchanging size
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