Dimensionamiento de un contactor Spouted Bed cónico a escala de laboratorio.

Abstract

In previous studies on the design of conical fluidized bed reactors, the importance of their use in research and optimization of industrial processes such as catalytic polymerization, coal gasification and pyrolysis of waste have been determined, which have application in the energy sector And environmental, highlighting its importance in the generation of new design and implementation options for alternative energies. The purpose arises from the research point of view and as the support to the teachers of the program of chemical engineering of the University of Pamplona, counting on a prototype realized to show the good design of a device for the development of the circulating flow and to observe the regimes In a conical reactor that comes into contact with a gaseous phase and a solid phase, with advantages over other systems, because of its design presents greater transfer of mass and energy. Taking into account the active hydrodynamic regime of the system for the calculation of the dimensions of the equipment, the con ceptual design is validated by the production of an acrylic specimen and an experimental work was carried out to guarantee the influence of the pressure drop and the flow rate of Air as parameters to describe the behavior of the particles and fluid in the fluidization process.