//Kunii D., Levenspiel O., 1991. Fluidization Engineering(II Edition). Butterworth-Heinemann, MA, pp 491 //Chapter-7, Example 4, Page 181 //Title: k* from Steady State Experiments //========================================================================================================== clear clc //INPUT dp=[40;60;80;100;120];//Diameter of particle in micrometer uo=0.381;//Superficial gas velocity in m/s //CALCULATION Gs=0.9;//Rate of entrainment in kg/m^2 s from Fig.3(a) pb=(1/100)*[0.45;1.00;1.25;1.00;0.60];//Size distribution for bed particles from Fig.3(b) pe=(1/100)*[1.20;2.00;1.25;0.45;0.10];//Size distribution for entrained particles from Fig.3(b) n=length(dp); i=1; while i<=n ki(i)=(Gs*pe(i))/pb(i);//Calculation of ki* using Eqn.(13) i=i+1; end //OUTPUT printf('\ndpi(micrometer)'); printf('\t100pb(dpi)(micrometer^-1)'); printf('\t100pe(dpi)(micrometer^-1)'); printf('\tki*(kg/m^2 s)'); j=1; while j<=n mprintf('\n%f',dp(j)); mprintf('\t%f',100*pb(j)); mprintf('\t\t\t%f',100*pe(j)); mprintf('\t\t\t%f',ki(j)); j=j+1; end //====================================END OF PROGRAM ======================================================