Sequential modeling of fluidized bed paddy dryer
Navid Bizmark, Navid Mostoufi *, Rahmat Sotudeh-Gharebagh, Hossein Ehsani
Multiphase Systems Research Lab., School of Chemical Engineering, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 11155/4563, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
A sequential method was developed to model a continuous plug flow fluidized bed dryer. The method is
based on dividing the dryer into sections in series with ideal mixing for both solid and gas phases in each
section. In order to determine the proper number of sections, drying experiments were carried out using
paddy at different operating conditions. It was shown that the number of sections can be correlated to
Damköhler number, which includes kinetic and hydrodynamic parameters of the process. The model is
able to predict the particle’s moisture profile along the bed as well as the moisture content of dried product.
It was shown that the model fits the experimental data satisfactorily with the correlation coefficient
of 0.989. Moreover, the model was tested against available data in the literature at different scales and
operating conditions for which an error of less than 4.5% was observed in predicting the paddy moisture
content at the outlet.
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