//Kunii D., Levenspiel O., 1991. Fluidization Engineering(II Edition). Butterworth-Heinemann, MA, pp 491 //Chapter-10, Example 3, Page 255 //Title: Compare Interchange Rates for Adsorbed and Nonadsorbed Gases //========================================================================================================== clear clc //INPUT Kbe=[0.028;0.05];//Reported range for gas interchange coefficient between bubble and emulsion uo=0.30;//Superficial gas velocity in m/s db=0.13;//Equilibrium bubble size in m m=7; ephsilonmf=0.5;//Void fraction at minimum fluidization condition umf=0.0018;//Velocity at minimum fluidization condition in m/s D=[9E-6;22E-6];//Diffusion coefficient of gas in m^2/s g=9.81;//Acceleration due to gravity in m/s^2 //CALCULATION n=length(Kbe); i=1; while i<=n Kbem(i)=(6/db)*Kbe(i);//Gas interchange coefficient between bubble and emulsion from Eqn.(19) Kbc(i)=4.5*(umf/db)+5.85*((D(i)^0.5*g^0.25)/db^(5/4));//Gas interchange coefficient between bubble and cloud from Eqn.(27) Kce(i)=6.77*((D(i)*ephsilonmf*0.711*(g*db)^0.5)/db^3)^0.5;//Gas interchange coefficient between emulsion and cloud from Eqn.(34) Kbe(i)=(Kbc(i)*Kce(i))/(Kbc(i)+Kce(i));//Gas interchange coefficient between bubble and emulsion from Eqn.(14) c(i)=(Kbem(i)/Kbe(i)); i=i+1; end //OUTPUT printf('\nKbe from Eqn.(19)'); printf('\tKbc from Eqn.(27)'); printf('\tKce from Eqn.(34)'); printf('\tKbe from Eqn.(14)'); printf('\tComparison of Kbe from Eqn.(19) and that from Eqn.(14)'); i=1; while i<=n mprintf('\n%f',Kbem(i)); mprintf('\t\t%f',Kbc(i)); mprintf('\t\t%f',Kce(i)); mprintf('\t\t%f',Kbe(i)); mprintf('\t\t%f',c(i)); i=i+1; end //====================================END OF PROGRAM ======================================================