An Investigation into the Relationship of Fluidization Velocity to the Optimal Economic Design of a Fluidized-Bed Drying Process.

Abstract

This thesis investigates the economic characteristics of a fluidized-bed drying process. It focuses on the way in which fluid velocity impacts the capital and power consumption costs of such a system. The engineering and economic relationships employed in the model are developed and a sensitivity of the optimal design of a fluidized-bed drying process based on capital and operating cost is explored through variation in the technical parameters of the model. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA124717

Entities

People

  • Moussa Ibrahim M. Mostafa

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Beds (Process Engineering)
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Industry
  • Compressors
  • Cost Models
  • Economics
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Fluid Flow
  • Gas Flow
  • Heat Capacity
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Humidity
  • Materials
  • Wet Bulb Temperature

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Economics
  • Fluid Dynamics.