Particle acceleration distribution

Although it is entirely possible for erosion-corrosion to occur in the absence of entrained particulate, it is common to find erosion-corrosion accelerated by a dilute dispersion of fine particulate matter (sand, silt, gas bubbles) entrained in the fluid. The character of the particulate, and even the fluid itself, substantially influences the effect. Eight major characteristics are influential particle shape, particle size, particle density, particle hardness, particle size distribution, angle of impact, impact velocity, and fluid viscosity. 

A typical feed composition was 1000 g capsul, 2334 g deionized water and 200 g orange oil. The finished powders were stored in amber bottles at -25prior to accelerated storage study and relevant analyses. Particle Size Analysis. To ascertain the effect of atomizer voltage on the particle size, the particle size distributions of three powders were first determined. The Microtrac laser light particle size analyzer (Medallion Laboratories, Minneapolis, MN) was used in this study. The volume percent data over particle diameter ranging 2.8 p. to 176 jii was recorded. Mean value of the volume percent distribution and calculated surface area were also obtained. 

A related technique that is suitable for measurement of aerosols at lower mass loadings is the aerodynamic particle sizer (3, 10). In this instrument the aerosol is rapidly accelerated through a small nozzle. Because of their inertia, particles of different aerodynamic sizes are accelerated to different velocities, and the smallest particles reach the highest speeds. The particle velocity is measured at the outlet of the nozzle. From the measurements of velocities of individual particles, particle size distributions can be determined. The instrument provides excellent size resolution for particles larger than about 0.8 xm in diameter, although sampling difficulties limit its usefulness above 10 xm. 

The second method for aerosol coagulation in turbulent flows arises because of inertial differences between particles of different sizes. The particles accelerate to different velocities by the turbulence depending on their size, and they may then collide with each other. This mechanism is unimportant for a monodisperse aerosol. For a polydisperse aerosol of unspecified size distribution, Levich (1962) has shown that the agglomeration rate is proportional to the basic velocity of the turbulent flow raised to the 9/4 power, indicating that the agglomeration rate increases very rapidly with the turbulent velocity. Since very small particles are rapidly accelerated, this mechanism also decreases in importance as the particle size becomes very small, being most important for particles whose sizes exceed 10-6 to 10"4 cm in diameter. In all cases brownian diffusion predominates when particles are less than 10-6 cm in diameter. 

To approach physical stability problems of suspensions, effectiveness and stability of surfactants as well as salt concentrations must be checked with accelerated aging. In addition, unit operations affecting particle size distribution, surface area, and surfactant effectiveness should be approached, taking into account that different types of distributions, for instance, volume or number weighted, give a different average diameter for an equal sample [43],... 

Before beginning a size determination, it is customary to look at the material, preferably under a microscope. This examination reveals the approx size range and distribution of the particles, and especially the shapes of the particles and the degree of aggregation. If microscopic examinatiori reveals that the ratios between max and min diameters of individual particles do not exceed 4, and indirect technique for particle size distribution based on sedimentation or elutria-tion may be used. Sedimentation techniques for particle size determination were first used by Hall (Ref 2) in 1904. He showed that the rate of fall of individual particles in a fluid was directly related to the particle size by the hydrodynamic law derived by Stokes from Newton s law of fluids in 1849 (Ref 1). This basic equation of the motion of a particle suspended in a fluid assumes that when subjected to constant driving force the particle acceleration is opposed by the... 

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A second very important point when discussing effects of particle size is the distribution in size of the clusters. The latter is generally wide in real catalysts due to the methods of preparation vide infra). The observed rate is thus an average of the behavior of each entity of the population. Methods for the preparation of model supported catalysts, with very narrow particle-size distribution, are now developed and proceed through cluster vapor deposition [27]. Even in this case, the behavior of an individual particle is not always simple to interpret because the rate is not simply the average between the intrinsic rates on the different facets of the cluster. In fact, the facets are connected through edges that can accelerate the rate, or the reverse. 

The characteristic time of particle acceleration at the shock can be estimated as D/u2h. The distribution of accelerated particles on momentum has a power law form f(p) p-3r/9r-1 where r is the gas compression ratio in the shock. The relation between the distribution function f(p) and the cosmic ray intensity 1(E) which is a function of particle energy reads as /(p)p2 = 1(E). The compression in strong shocks is r = 4 and hence the spectrum of accelerated test particles is f(p) p-4 that is close to the required source spectrum of galactic cosmic rays. This result is valid in the case of a step-like profile of the flow velocity at the shock or, more precisely, when the characteristic thickness of the shock Lsh is relatively small Lsh -C D/u. ... 

Dilute transport fluidization The gas velocity is so large that all the particles are carried out of the bed with the gas. This solid transport by gas blowing through a pipe is named pneumatic conveying. In vertical pneumatic transport, particles are always suspended in the gas stream mainly because the direction of gravity is in line with that of the gas flow. The radial particle concentration distribution is almost uniform. No axial variation of solids concentration except i the bottom acceleration section [58]. 

In vertical pneumatic transport the radial particle concentration distribution is almost uniform, but some particle strands may still be identified near the wall. Little or no axial variation of solids concentration except in the bottom acceleration section is observed [58]. The flow associated with transport bed reactors tends to be dilute (typically 1 to 5 % by volume solids) and uniform. By virtue of the smaller reflux and density of the suspension within the dilute pneumatic conveying regime, there might be larger temperature gradients than within the fast fluidization regime [56]. 

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