//Kunii D., Levenspiel O., 1991. Fluidization Engineering(II Edition). Butterworth-Heinemann, MA, pp 491 //Chapter-4, Example 3, Page 110 //Title: Power Requirement for a Fluidized Coal Combustor(FBC) //========================================================================================================== clear clc //INPUT deltapd=[3;10]//Distributor pressure drop in kPa deltapd2=10;//Distributor pressure drop in kPa po=101;//Entering air pressure in kPa To=20;//Entering air temperature in degree C y=1.4;//Fugacity of air deltapb=10;//Pressure drop in bed in kPa p3=103;//Pressure at the bed exit in kPa F=8;//Feed rate of coal in tons/hr H=25;//Gross heatig value of coal in MJ/kg Fa=10;//Air required at standard condition in nm^3/kg etac=0.75;//Efficiency of compressor etap=36;//Efficiency of plant in % //CALCULATION //Calculation of volumetric flow rate of air vo=((F*1000)*Fa*((To+273)/273))/3600; //Case(a) Distributor Pressure drop = 3kPa and Case(b) Distributor Pressure drop = 10kPa n=length(deltapd); i=1; while i<=n p2(i)=p3+deltapb;//Calculation of pressure at the entrance of the bed p1(i)=p2(i)+deltapd(i);//Calculation of pressure before entering the bed ws(i)=(y/(y-1))*po*vo*((p1(i)/po)^((y-1)/y)-1)*(1/etac);//Calculation of power required for the compressor by Eqn.(18) & Eqn.(20) i=i+1; end //Case(c) 50% of the required bypassed to burn the volatile gases. Distributor Pressure drop = 3kPa //No change in pressure drop from case(a) v1=vo/2;//New volumetric flow rate of air ws1=ws(1)/2;//Power required for blower for primary air ws2=(y/(y-1))*po*v1*((p3/po)^((y-1)/y)-1)*(1/etac);//Power required for blower for bypassed air wst=ws1+ws2;//Total power required for the two blowers p=((ws(1)-wst)/ws(1))*100;//Saving in power when compared to case(a) //OUTPUT printf('\nCase(a)'); mprintf('\n\tVolumetric flow rate of air = %f m^3/hr',vo); mprintf('\n\tPower required for compressor = %f kW',ws(1)); printf('\nCase(b)'); mprintf('\n\tVolumetric flow rate of air = %f m^3/hr',vo); mprintf('\n\tPower required for compressor = %f kW',ws(2)); printf('\nCase(c)'); mprintf('\n\tVolumetric flow rate of air = %f m^3/hr',v1); mprintf('\n\tPower required for compressor for primary air = %f kW',ws1); mprintf('\n\tPower required for blower for bypassed air = %f kW',ws2); mprintf('\n\tTotal power required for the two blowers = %f kW',wst); mprintf('\n\tPower saved compared to case(a) = %f percent',p); //====================================END OF PROGRAM ======================================================