The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of gas flow velocity, size of sand
particles, and the distance between tubes immersed in a fluidized bed on heat
transfer coefficient. Experimental tests were conducted on a bundle of copper tubes
of (12.5 mm) diameter and (320 mm) length arranged in a matrix (17×9) and
immersed in a fluidized bed inside a plastic container. One of the tubes was used
as a hot tube with a capacity of (122 W). (25 kg) of sand with three different
diameters of sand particles (0.15, 0.3 and 0.6 mm) was used in these tests at ten
speeds for gas flow (from 0.16 m/s to 0.516 m/s). The results showed a significant
inverse effect of fluidized bed particles diameter on the heat transfer coefficient.
Accordingly, the heat transfer coefficient for (0.15mm) diameter sand was found
to be higher than that of (0.3 mm) and (0.6 mm) sand by about (3.124) and (6.868)
times respectively, in all tests. The results showed good agreement with results
from other studies conducted under the same conditions but with different sand
particle size.
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