Multiobjective Optimization of a Spouted Bed Reactor: Improving the Stability and Operability - Softcover

Alwan, Ghanim; Aldahhan, Muthanna; Mehdi, Farooq A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3847340247 ISBN 13: 9783847340249

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Gas-solid spouted beds are either cylindrical bed with cone base or the whole bed is in a cone shape where the gas enters as a jet. The gas forms a spout region that carries the solids upward in a diluted phase, which forms a fountain at the top of the bed where the solids fall down and move downward in the annular region. These beds have found wide and efficient applications as reactors, dryers, coaters, etc. Various design and operating variables affect the performance of these beds. Optimization helps guiding the experimental work, scale-up process, reducing the risk and cost of the design and operation. It also helps the defining of the best range of operating conditions, which can improve the performance and stability of the spouted bed reactor. The stochastic genetic algorithm technique has found more suitable search for non-linear spouted system. The results of the optimization technique compared with the experimental data using sophisticated optical probes and high accuracy pressure transducers. Advanced techniques as; Computed Tomography and Computational Fluid Dynamic were used to confirm the experimental results.

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About the Author

Assistant Professor Dr. Ghanim Alwan had BSc (1979),MSc(1983) and Ph.D (1994) in the process control of Chemical Engineering, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq. Dr. Alwan was the supervisor of MSc students in the processes of chemical engineering. He published several papers in the field of optimization and process control.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3847340247
• ISBN 13: 9783847340249
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 68