//Kunii D., Levenspiel O., 1991. Fluidization Engineering(II Edition). Butterworth-Heinemann, MA, pp 491 //Chapter-11, Example 3, Page 273 //Title: Fitting Reported Heat Transfer Data with the Bubbling Bed Model //========================================================================================================== clear clc //INPUT rhos=1.3;//Density of solids in g/cc phis=0.806;//Sphericity of solids gammab=0.001;//Ratio of volume of dispersed solids to that of bubble phase rhog=1.18E-3;//Density of air in g/cc Pr=0.69;//Prandtl number myu=1.8E-4;//Viscosity of gas in g/cm s Cpg=1.00;//Specific heat capacity of gas in J/g K ephsilonmf=0.45;//Void fraction at minimum fluidization condition kg=2.61E-4;//Thermal concuctivity of gas in W/cm k dp=0.036;//Particle size in cm umf=6.5;//Velocity at minimum fluidization condition in cm/s ut=150;//Terminal velocity in cm/s db=0.4;//Equilibrium bubble size in cm etah=1;//Efficiency of heat transfer uo=[10;20;30;40;50];//Superficial gas velocity in cm/s g=980;//Acceleration due to gravity in square cm/s^2 //CALCULATION Nustar=2+[((dp*ut*rhog)/myu)^0.5*Pr^(1/3)];//Nusselt no. from Eqn.(25) Hbc=4.5*(umf*rhog*Cpg/db)+5.85*((kg*rhog*Cpg)^0.5*g^0.25/db^(5/4));//Total heat interchange across the bubble-cloud boundary from Eqn.(32) ubr=0.711*(g*db)^0.5;//Rise velocity of the bubble from Eqn.(6.7) n=length(uo); i=1; while i<=n x(i)=(uo(i)-umf)/(ubr*(1-ephsilonmf));//The term delta/(1-epshilonf) after simplification Nubed(i)=x(i)*[gammab*Nustar*etah+(phis*dp^2/(6*kg))*Hbc];//Nusselt no. from Eqn.(36) Rep(i)=(dp*uo(i)*rhog)/myu;//Reynolds of the particle i=i+1; end //OUTPUT printf('\nThe desired result is the relationship between Nubed and Rep which is in the form of a straight line y=mx+c'); printf('\nRep'); printf('\t\tNubed'); i=1; while i<=n printf('\n%f',Rep(i)); printf('\t%f',Nubed(i)); i=i+1; end plot(Rep,Nubed); xlabel("Rep"); ylabel("Nubed"); //====================================END OF PROGRAM ======================================================