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To cite this Article Crowe, C. T.(1983) 'DROPLET-GAS INTERACTION IN COUNTER-CURRENT SPRAY DRYERS',
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DROPLET-GAS INTERACTION I N COUNTER-CURRENT SPRAY DRYERS by C. T. Crowe Mechanical E n g i n e e r i n g Department Washington S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y Pullman. W A 99164
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ABSTRACT The mass, momentum and energy exchange between t h e d r o p l e t s and p a r t i c l e s and t h e d r y i n g medium i n a spray d r y e r i s a complex process. One approach t o modeling t h i s process i s t o a p p l y t h e p a r t i c l e - s o u r c e in-cell model i n which t h e d r o p l e t s and p a r t i c l e s a r e regarded as This The r e s u l t s show and gas f l o w sources o f mass, momentum and energy t o t h e conveying gas f l o w . model i s a p p l i e d t o a c o u n t e r - c u r r e n t spray d r y e r . fields. t h e s t r o n g i n t e r a c t i o n between t h e d r o p l e t / p a r t i c l e t h e exchange between phases i s ignored. INTRODUCTION Spray d r y i n g i s a process whereby a s l u r r y i s c o n v e r t e d t o a d r y , p a r t i c u l a t e f o r m by s p r a y i n g t h e s l u r r y i n t o a d r y i n g medium. The process can be s u b d i v i d e d i n t o t h r e e steps; a t o m i z a t i o n o f t h e l i q u i d f l u i d , d r y i n g o f t h e d r o p l e t s t o f o r m a powder by c o n t a c t w i t h a h o t gas, and c o l l e c t i o n o f t h e d r y p r o d u c t . The process has l a r g e a p p l i c a b i l i t y i n t h e food, pharmaceutical i n d u s t r i e s (1). chemical and Food p r o d u c t s commonly made u s i n g t h e
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l i q u i d i s removed, t h e d r o p l e t i s transformed i n t o a p a r t i c l e , which A f t e r t h i s phase i s reached, t h e p a r t i c l e may n o t change i n s i z e , b u t i t w i l l heat up as f u r t h e r Ultimately, an acceptable l e v e l o f dryness i s achieved which c o n s t i t u t e s t h e f i n a l product. Various numerical models have been developed and appeared i n t h e l i t e r a t u r e ( 2 ) o v e r t h e l a s t several y e a r s t o s i m u l a t e t h e d r y i n g p r o cess. These models have been c l a s s i f i e d according t o t h e i r dimenA ones i o n a l i t y and t r e a t m e n t o f t h e i n t e r a c t i o n between phases. i n one d i r e c t i o n .
dimensional model i s a model which assumes t h a t changes occur s o l e l y I n chemical engineering, such an assumption i s r e The quasi one-dimensional model i s a model Such models a r e found t o f e r r e d t o as " p l u g f l o w " .
i n which t h e primary changes occur i n t h e streamwise d i r e c t i o n b u t o n l y small changes i n t h e l a t e r a l d i r e c t i o n . flow direction. have f r u i t f u l a p p l i c a t i o n i n ducts w i t h small area changes along t h e Two-dimensional models a r e e i t h e r p l a n a r o r axisymm e t r i c . An axisylmnetric s w i r l i n g f l o w i s a l s o a two-dimensional f l o w . The i n t e r a c t i o n between phases i s described as one-way o r two-way coupling. A model w i t h one-way c o u p l i n g i s a model i n which t h e acFor example, a model w i t h t i o n o f t h e h o t gas on t h e d r o p l e t s i s considered, b u t t h e e f f e c t o f t h e d r o p l e t s on t h e h o t gas i s ignored. one-way c o u p l i n g would i n c l u d e t h e heat t r a n s f e r t o t h e d r o p l e t s b u t n o t f r o m t h e gas; t h a t i s , t h e gas temperature would remain unchanged. T h i s assumption makes t h e a n a l y s i s much s i m p l e r and was t h e b a s i s o f t h e e a r l y models proposed f o r spray d r y i n g . A model w i t h two-way For c o u p l i n g accounts f o r t h e i n t e r a c t i v e e f f e c t s between phases. d r o p l e t s and p a r t i c l e s would be included.
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C o n s i d e r a b l e success i n modeling c o n v e n t i o n a l s p r a y - d r y i n g c o n f i g u r a t i o n s w i t h q u a s i one-dimensional, two-way coupled models has been achieved (3). t h e spray, C e r t a i n e m p i r i c a l f a c t o r s , such as t h e spread r a t e o f The e m p i r i c i s m i n a r e needed t o implement such a model.
two-dimensional models i s l i m i t e d t o more b a s i c parameters such as e f f e c t i v e v i s c o s i t y o r thermal c o n d u c t i v i t y . A two-dimensional n u m e r i c a l model was used by Crowe ( 2 ) t o s i m u l a t e t h e e x p e r i m e n t a l c o n d i t i o n s r e p o r t e d by Manning ( 4 ) f o r e v a p o r a t i o n o f a s p r a y i n a d u c t . e v a p o r a t i v e h i s t o r y o f t h e spray. Reasona b l y good agreement was o b t a i n e d f o r gas temperature d i s t r i b u t i o n and The purpose o f t h i s paper i s t o i l l u s t r a t e t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f t h i s same model t o a c o u n t e r - c u r r e n t s p r a y d r y e r i n which t h e s l u r r y s p r a y i s t r a n s f o r m e d i n t o a porous powder.
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x S ) i s t h e d i f f e r e n c e i n vapor mass f r a c t i o n between t h e gas and The Sherwood number i s a f u n c t i o n o f t h e r e l a During t h i s period the
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t r o l l e d by t h e d i f f u s i o n o f t h e l i q u i d vapor t h r o u g h t h e pores. There appears t o be l i t t l e i n f o r m a t i o n a v a i l a b l e i n t h e l i t e r a t u r e on t h e f a c t o r s c o n t r o l l i n g the drying r a t e during t h i s period. Generally the assumption i s made t h a t t h e d r y i n g r a t e i s p r o p o r t i o n a l t o t h e moist u r e content remaining i n the p a r t i c l e o r
where W i s t h e r a t i o o f mass o f l i q u i d t o t h e mass o f s o l i d i n t h e particle. During t h i s period, t h e p a r t i c l e s i z e i s e s s e n t i a l l y unThe changed and t h e temperature i n c r e a s e s toward t h e gas temperature. f r a c t u r e o f t h e s o l i d i n t o s m a l l e r fragments. The p r i m a r y concern i n t h e d e s i g n of a spray d r y e r i s t o d r y t h e p a r t i c l e t o a s u f f i c i e n t degree b e f o r e removal. cyclone separator. P a r t i c l e s which a r e n o t s u f f i c i e n t l y d r i e d may t e n d t o cake on t h e w a l l s o f t h e d r y e r o r
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i n t e r e s t i n g i n t e r n a l f l o w p a t t e r n s because o f t h e opposing f l o w d i r e c t i o n s o f t h e d r o p l e t s and t h e d r y e r a i r . NUMERICAL MODEL The PSI-Cell(Partic1e-Source-in Washington S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y i n 1976. electrostatic precjpitators, and d r o p l e t combustion. The f i r s t t a s k i n t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f t h e P S I - C e l l model i s t o d i v i d e t h e f l o w f i e l d i n t o a s e r i e s o f g r i d s d e f i n i n g computational c e l l s as shown i n F i g . 3.
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Each c o m p u t a t i o n a l c e l l i s t r e a t e d as a
c o n t r o l volume f o r t h e c o n t i n u o u s phase and, as t h e d r o p l e t s t r a v e r s e t h e c o n t r o l volume, t h e y p r o v i d e a source o f mass, momentum and energy t o t h e gaseous phase. The gas f l o w f i e l d i s a n a l y z e d u s i n g t h e E u l e r i a n approach i n which f i n i t e d i f f e r e n c e e q u a t i o n s f o r mass, momentum and energy cons e r v a t i o n a r e w r i t t e n f o r each c e l l , i n c o r p o r a t i n g t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e d r o p l e t phase. These f i n i t e d i f f e r e n c e e q u a t i o n s c o n s t i t u t e a The n u m e r i c a l scheme used t o s o l v e system o f simultaneous a l g e b r a i c e q u a t i o n s t h a t can be s o l v e d t o y i e l d t h e f l u i d p r o p e r t i e s i n each c e l l . t h e gas f l o w f i e l d i s an e x t e n s i o n o f t h e TEACH program ( 6 ) developed a t I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e o f Science and Technology, London. The d r o p l e t p r o p e r t i e s a r e o b t a i n e d by u s i n g t h e L a g r a n g i a n approach i n which t h e e q u a t i o n s o f m o t i o n f o r i n d i v i d u a l d r o p l e t s a r e integrated t o y i e l d droplet trajectories i n the flow field. e x p r e s s i o n s f o r mass and h e a t t r a n s f e r r a t e s . d r o p l e t source terms f o r t h e g a s - f l o w e q u a t i o n s . d r o p l e t and gas f l o w f i e l d s . The d r o p l e t f i e l d i s i n i t i a t e d b y c h o s i n g s t a r t i n g l o c a t i o n s f o r the droplet trajectories. agglomeration occur, Along each t r a j e c t o r y i t i s assumed t h a t t h e number f l o w r a t e o f t h e d r o p l e t s i s c o n s t a n t . Droplet t e m p e r a t u r e and mass a r e c a l c u l a t e d a l o n g t h e t r a j e c t o r y by u t i l i z i n g The change i n mass, I n t h i s fashion a momentum and energy o f t h e d r o p l e t s on t r a v e r s i n g each c e l l p r o v i d e s o l u t i o n i s o b t a i n e d which accounts f o r t h e i n t e r a c t i o n between t h e
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gas mass f l o w t h r o u g h t h e r e m a i n i n g f a c e s i s c a l c u l a t e d i n t h e same manner. One n o t e s t h a t t h e d r o p l e t mass t e r m can be r e g a r d e d as a source o f mass t o t h e gaseous f l o w s w h i c h i s t h e b a s i s o f t h e P S I - C e l l model. Momentum E q u a t i o n As n o t e d i n F i g . 4, t h e v e l o c i t y needed t o e v a l u a t e t h e mass f l u x a c r o s s t h e west f a c e o f t h e c e l l l i e s midway between nodes I, J and I-1,J. Thus, t h e c o m p u t a t i o n a l c e l l used f o r x-component o f v e l o c i t y The i s bounded by I - g r i d l i n e s and l i n e s midway between J - g r i d l i n e s . c o n t r o l volume b u t s t i l l i d e n t i f i e d by t h e node, 1 , J . The momentum e q u a t i o n i n t h e x - d i r e c t i o n i s w r i t t e n as
x-momentum c o n t r o l volume i s d i s p l a c e d t o t h e l e f t o f t h e c o n t i n u i t y
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where EI? i s t h e momentum f l u x o f t h e gas i n t h e x - d i r e c t i o n a c r o s s t h e f a c e i,AM; i s t h e momentum e f f l u x due t o mass t r a n s f e r f r o m t h e droplets, P i s t h e pressure, F : due t o d r o p l e t d r a g and S
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posed o f t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n s due b o t h t o c o n v e c t i o n and d i f f u s i o n ( 6 ) . The momentum f l u x terms a r e e v a l u a t e d u s i n g t h e h y b r i d d i f f e r e n c i n g scheme. form. a u = P P By so d o i n g t h e e q u a t i o n can be expressed i n an a l g e b r a i c
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where Ei
i s t h e energy f l u x across f a c e i ( i n c l u d i n g b o t h c o n v e c t i o n
and c o n d u c t i o n ) , AED i s t h e energy e f f l u x t o gas due t o d r o p l e t mass t r a n s f e r , QD i s t h e h e a t conducted t o gas f r o m t h e d r o p l e t s and S k i s a t e r m owing t o n o n - u n i f o r m i t y o f thermal c o n d u c t i v i t y i n t h e f i e l d . The d i s s i p a t i o n t e r m i s s m a l l i n t h e a p p l i c a t i o n addressed i n t h i s paper and i s n e g l e c t e d . Ther d r o p l e t h e a t t r a n s f e r and energy f l u x The energy equar e p r e s e n t a source o f energy t o t h e gaseous phase.
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t i o n can be w r i t t e n i n f i n i t e d i f f e r e n c e f o r m i n t h e same manner as t h e mon~entume q u a t i o n . L i q u i d Vapor C o n c e n t r a t i o n I n t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f t h e model t o s p r a y d r y i n g i t i s assumed t h a t t h e gaseous f l o w f i e l d c o n s i s t s o f t h e d r y i n g medium and t h e vapor o f t h e s l u r r y l i q u i d . Another c o n t i n u i t y e q u a t i o n i s t h e r e b y needed f o r t h e mass f r a c t i o n o f t h e l i q u i d vapor i n t h e c e l l . c o m p u t a t i o n a l c e l l shown i n F i g . 4, one has Applyi n g t h e c o n t i n u i t y e q u a t i o n f o r l i q u i d vapor mass f r a c t i o n i n t h e
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d i f f u s i o n ) and AmD i s t h e mass e f f l u x o f l i q u i d vapor f r o m d r o p l e t s i n the cell. i n a l g e b r a i c f o r m u s i n g t h e same p r o c e d u r e as used f o r t h e momentum and energy e q u a t i o n s . Two more e q u a t i o n s a r e needed t o model t h e t u r b u l e n c e and d i s s i p a t i o n r a t e t o determine t h e e f f e c t i v e v i s c o s i t y i n t h e f l o w f i e l d . The f i n i t e d i f f e r e n c e f o r m o f t h e e q u a t i o n s i s i n c o r p o r a t e d i n t o t h e program t o y i e l d t h e k i n e t i c energy o f t u r b u l e n c e and d i s s i p a t i o n r a t e a c c o r d i n g t o t h e scheme proposed by Launder and S p a l d i n g ( 7 ) . Once t h e the l o c a l t u r b u l e n c e i n t e n s i t y and d i s s i p a t i o n r a t e s a r e e v a l u a t e d , la.
e f f e c t i v e v i s c o s i t y i s d e t e r m i n e d u s i n g t h e Prandtl-Kolmogorov formuNo a t t e m p t i s made t o i n c l u d e t h e e f f e c t o f t h e d r o p l e t s on t h e t u r b u l e n t f i e l d , because l i t t l e i s known about t h e q u a n t i t a t i v e e f f e c t o f d r o p l e t s i z e and c o n c e n t r a t i o n on t u r b u l e n c e parameters. DROPLET PARTICLE EQUATIONS The s o u r c e terms i n t h e gas f l o w e q u a t i o n s a r e e v a l u a t e d by The mass and The
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T h i s parameter i s a u s e f u l dependent v a r i a b l e t o d e f i n e t h e s t a t e and the droplet. A t a c r i t i c a l m o i s t u r e c o n t e n t , t h e d r o p l e t w i l ' l become a porous p a r t i c l e and t h e f a l l i n g r a t e p e r i o d w i l l ensue. The r a t e o f change of m o i s t u r e c o n t e n t d u r i n g t h e c o n s t a n t r a t e p e r i o d i s g i v e n by dW/dt = Sh(pDv)nD(~m - xS)/mS
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D u r i n g t h e c o n s t a n t r a t e d r y i n g p e r i o d , t h e mass l o s s r a t e depends on t h e v a p o r mass f r a c t i o n g r a d i e n t and t h e d r o p l e t t e m p e r a t u r e assumes t h e l o c a l w e t - b u l b temperature. ing this D u r i n g t h e second s t a g e t h e temperatemperature h i s t o r y t u r e i n c r e a s e s as t h e h e a t t r a n s f e r t e r m b e g i n s t o dominate. I n t e g r a t equation y i e l d s the d r o p l e t l p a r t i c l e along t h e t r a j e c t o r y . SOURCE TERMS The d r o p l e t source t e r m s f o r t h e gas f l o w f i e l d a r e e v a l u a t e d as t h e p a r t i c l e s pass t h r o u g h t h e f l o w f i e l d . As a p a r t i c l e t r a v e r s e s a
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mass, momentum and energy source terms a r e accumulated f o r each c e l l . The gas f l o w f i e l d i s r e c a l c u l a t e d i n c o r p o r a t i n g these source terms.
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.25kg/s a t a t e m p e r a t u r e o f 300C and an a b s o l u t e h u m i d i t y o f .005. The a t o m i z e r was l o c a t e d 45 cm f r o m t h e t o p o f t h e d r y e r and d i r e c t e d downward. The a t o m i z e r was assumed t o p r o v i d e a f u l l cone spray w i t h 70' i n c l u d e d a n g l e a t a s l u r r y f l o w r a t e o f 45 kg/hr. m o i s t u r e c o n t e n t o f 45%. The s l u r r y was assumed t o be a m i x t u r e o f w a t e r and i n s o l u b l e s o l i d w i t h i n i t i a l
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T o t a l m o i s t u r e removal f r o m s p r a y as f u n c t i o n o f d i s t a n c e f o r m atonli z e r .
The f r a c t i o n o f m o i s t u r e removed f r o m t h e s p r a y as a f u n c t i o n o f d i s t a n c e f o r m t h e a t o m i z e r i s shown i n F i g . 10. The r a t e o f m o i s t u r e removal i s h i g h i n t h e b e g i n n i n g when t h e d r o p l e t i s l o s i n g m o i s t u r e by e v a p o r a t i o n and decreases as t h e d r o p l e t s t r a n s f o r m i n t o porous p a r t i c l e s and t h e f a l l i n g r a t e p e r i o d ensues. n i n g , as expected. The n u m e r i c a l model p r e s e n t e d h e r e s h o u l d s e r v e as a u s e f u l t o o l i n s p r a y d r y e r design. temperature, velocity, I n t h i s paper o n l y one d r y e r c o n f i g u r a t i o n , However, t h e i n l e t Also, the and h u m i d i t y l e v e l can be e a s i l y changed t o spray c o n f i g u r a t i o n ( f u l l cone o r f l o w c o n d i t i o n , and spray p a t t e r n were considered. The assumption o f oneway c o u p l i n g l e a d s t o a h i g h e r r a t e o f m o i s t u r e removal i n t h e b e g i n -
h o l l o w c o n e ) , s p r a y angle, as w e l l as t h e i n l e t d r o p l e t v e l o c i t y can Such c a l c u l a t i o n s would suggest t h e optimum atomizer. Even w i t h t h i s compuA l t h o u g h n o t i n c l u d e d i n t h i s paper, i n l e t gas s w i r l and s w i r l a t o m i z e r s can a l s o be i n c o r p o r a t e d i n t o t h e model. t a t i o n a l c a p a b i l i t y t h e v a l u e o f t h e model i s o n l y as good as t h e
C o n s i d e r a b l y more q u a n t i t a t i v e d a t a a r e
needed on t h e t r a n s f o r m a t i o n o f s l u r r y d r o p l e t s t o porous p a r t i c l e s and on t h e f a c t o r s w h i c h c o n t r o l t h e d r y i n g r a t e o f porous p a r t i c l e s . CONCLUSIONS The mass, momentum and energy exchange between t h e d r o p l e t s and d r y i n g a i r i n a c o u n t e r - c u r r e n t spray d r y e r g i v e s r i s e t o v e l o c i t y and t e m p e r a t u r e f i e l d s much d i f f e r e n t t h a n t h o s e o b t a i n e d i f t h e e f f e c t o f t h e d r o p l e t phase on gas phase i s i g n o r e d . The particle-source-in-cell model is I n p a r t i c u l a r , t h e momenof p r e d i c t i n g these Howtum exchange g i v e s r i s e t o a r e c i r c u l a t i v e f l o w p a t t e r n i n t h e d r y e r . capable e f f e c t s and s h o u l d be u s e f u l t o complement s p r a y d r y e r design.
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e v e r , t h e r e i s a need f o r more fundamental i n f o r m a t i o n on t h e t r a n s f o r m a t i o n o f s l u r r y d r o p l e t s t o porous p a r t i c l e s and on t h e r a t e o f m o i s t u r e removal d u r i n g t h e f a l l i n g r a t e p e r i o d . ACKNOWLEDGEFIENTS The s u p p o r t o f t h e Mechanical E n g i n e e r i n g Department a t Washingt o n S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y i s acknowledged. The s k i l l o f P a t M a r t i n i n p r e p a r a t i o n o f the manuscript i s appreciated.
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