Example 13-7, Estimate the heat-transfer coefficient to the wall in 2 6-in-ID tube through which air is passed at a mass rate of 20 Ib/hr at 100°F and | atm pressure, under each of the following bed conditions: (a) Solid particies [c, = 0.5 Btu/(Ib)(*F) and p, = 90 Ibjft*] of average diameter of 100 microns are fluidized in the tube. The tube length is 10 ft and the void fraction is 0.95 (0) The tube is empty. (c) The tube is packed with $-in. spheres. Solution (a) In the fluidized-bed case 6 d= 5 = 050 d, = 100 microns, or 100 x 10°4/[2.54(12)] = 3.28 = 10°* fty= 0.0448 Ib/(hr)(ft) k, = 0.0156 Bru/(hry()CF) = 204 Ib/(hs)(f) d _ 0.50 4 = = 005 T7 7 °° 4, 3.28 x 10°(204) aE = 149 = 0.0707 Ib/ft® 9000.5) Pcp 0.0701(0.24) Substituting these quantities in Eq. (13-54) yields hed, (3.28 x 1074) 0.0156 hy = 12.3 Bru/(br)(fP\CF) (8) In the empty tube the flow is just inside the turbulent zone, with a Reynolds number of dG/u = 2,280. The coefficient for an empty tube may be estimated from the expression hed cyt\* fe p.8 ( Sot ae 023(4G}u) (¥) = .03(0,05)°-82(1.49)°-#0(265)°25 oon 0.55(1,524)°-°2(0.05)?*°°(1.49)°7°(265) (GE 0.259 0.24(0.0448) _ So = 0. 0.0156 ° 0.023(2,280)°-*(0.69)"* = 10.5 __ 10.5(0.0156) 0.50 (9 With +-in. spherical packing, OS = 0.33 Btu/(hr (ft )F)The ratio of hp/hy is estimated (from table in Sec. 13-5) to be 6.5. Hence the heat- transfer coefficient for the packed-bed case is 6.5(0.33) = 2.1 Btu/(hr)(ft2)°F) For this particular case the coefficient in the fluidized bed is six times that in the packed tube and thirty-seven times that in an empty tube.