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Modeling of Solid Particle Flow and Heat Transfer in Rotary Kiln Calciners
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Modeling of Solid Particle Flow and Heat Transfer in Rotary Kiln Calciners

L. Yang and B. Farouk
Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995), v 47(11), pp 1189-1196
01 Nov 1997
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https://doi.org/10.1080/10473289.1997.10464069View
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Abstract

Contaminated solid wastes exist in many industrial sites, gas plants, and oil refineries. One method of decontaminating the soil is to subject it to high temperatures in a rotary calciner in an anaerobic environment. Preliminary results from a computational model are presented in this paper for the flow and heat transfer from granular solid particles under treatment in a rotary kiln calciner. A fluidization model using kinetic theory of granular flow has been employed to solve the particle flow and heat transfer problem. While a two-dimensional model is used to predict the rotation induced flow of the solid particles, a pseudo three-dimensional model for heat transfer is developed where the axial bulk temperature gradient is obtained from a one-dimensional energy balance model. The model predictions indicate interesting features of the flow and temperature fields in the bed material. Future tasks include the development of a devolatilization model to study the decontamination of waste soil in the rotary calciner.

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