Studies on biomass drying apparatus using swirling fluidization technique

MUCEET 2009 is organized by Malaysian Technical Universities Network (MTUN) comprising of Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn (UTHM), Universiti Teknikal Melaka (UTeM) and Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), 20th - 22nd June 2009 at M. S. Garden Hotel, Kuantan, Pahang.

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Main Authors:	Mohd Faizal, Mohideen Batcha, Hamidon, Salleh, Raghavan, Vijay R.
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) 2010
Subjects:	MUCEET Malaysian Technical Universities Conference on Engineering and Technology Swirling fluidized bed Hydrodynamic Drying
Online Access:	http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/8520
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spelling	my.unimap-85202010-08-10T10:15:54Z Studies on biomass drying apparatus using swirling fluidization technique Mohd Faizal, Mohideen Batcha Hamidon, Salleh Raghavan, Vijay R. MUCEET Malaysian Technical Universities Conference on Engineering and Technology Swirling fluidized bed Hydrodynamic Drying MUCEET 2009 is organized by Malaysian Technical Universities Network (MTUN) comprising of Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn (UTHM), Universiti Teknikal Melaka (UTeM) and Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), 20th - 22nd June 2009 at M. S. Garden Hotel, Kuantan, Pahang. Drying of biomass is crucial prior utilizing its high intrinsic and readily available energy. The reduction of moisture content is mandatory to increase overall energy efficiency and reduce emission in systems operating with biomass, especially during combustion or gasification. One of the established methods of drying biomass is through fluidized bed drying. As such, the current work addresses the development of a biomass drying apparatus, designated as the swirling fluidized bed dryer (SFBD). The SFBD features an annular bed with inclined injection of gas through an array of blades which acts as the hot air distributor, which then imparts the swirling motion to the bed. This secondary motion inside the bed promotes the highly desired mixing and solid-fluid contact. The performance of SFBD was studied in terms of its hydrodynamic characteristic using PVC beads before tested with actual biomass from palm frond. The results show that SFBD exhibits excellent hydrodynamic characteristic with distributor to bed pressure drop ratio less then 10%. It is also found that bed pressure drop is proportional with superficial velocity of hot air, but still reasonably low for bed weight up to 2 kg. The findings lead to a conclusion that the SFBD is capable of achieving good fluidization quality for low bed heights and suitable for biomass drying, especially that operates with batch processing. 2010-08-10T10:15:54Z 2010-08-10T10:15:54Z 2009-06-20 Working Paper p.14-18 http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8520 en Proceedings of the Malaysian Technical Universities Conference on Engineering and Technology (MUCEET) 2009 Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP)
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description	MUCEET 2009 is organized by Malaysian Technical Universities Network (MTUN) comprising of Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn (UTHM), Universiti Teknikal Melaka (UTeM) and Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), 20th - 22nd June 2009 at M. S. Garden Hotel, Kuantan, Pahang.
format	Working Paper
author	Mohd Faizal, Mohideen Batcha Hamidon, Salleh Raghavan, Vijay R.
author_facet	Mohd Faizal, Mohideen Batcha Hamidon, Salleh Raghavan, Vijay R.
author_sort	Mohd Faizal, Mohideen Batcha
title	Studies on biomass drying apparatus using swirling fluidization technique
title_short	Studies on biomass drying apparatus using swirling fluidization technique
title_full	Studies on biomass drying apparatus using swirling fluidization technique
title_fullStr	Studies on biomass drying apparatus using swirling fluidization technique
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publisher	Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP)
publishDate	2010
url	http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/8520
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Studies on biomass drying apparatus using swirling fluidization technique

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