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The Influence of Gas Pulsed Flow on Hydrodynamic Behaviors of Refined Standard Sugar

Thanh Trung Bui ORCID
Faculty of Heat & Refrigeration Engineering, Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City 727010, Vietnam
Anh Duc Le ORCID
Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City 721400, Vietnam
Quang Phu Pham ORCID
Faculty of Heat & Refrigeration Engineering, Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City 727010, Vietnam
Received: 05 May 2024
Published: 31 July 2024

Abstract

The influence of gas-pulsed flow when supplied in the perpendicular direction to the refined standard (RS) sugar layer has been studied in this article. Some hydrodynamic parameters of the RS sugar in the gas-pulsed fluidized bed have also been determined. The research results have been applied in the design of the RS sugar dryer using the modern pulsed fluidized bed drying method. The bed porosity in the static particle layer (e0) was 0.44 while the bed porosity in the minimum fluidized bed (emg) was 0.484 and the minimum fluidized bed velocity (Umg) was 0.65 m/s. The bed porosity in the homogeneous fluidization bed (ehg) was 0.67, and the homogeneous fluidization velocity (Uhg) of 1.63 m/s has been calculated. The critical velocity (Ucg) of 2.7 m/s and the bed porosity (ecg) of 0.8 in the circulating particle bed were determined. The pressure drop through the layer of RS sugar with a thickness of 300 mm was 3808 N/m2.

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