Experimental Study and Optimization of Reaction Kinetics in Gypsum Calcination
Journal Title: International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology (IJRASET) - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 6
Abstract
Gypsum (calcium sulphate dihydrate) is of great industrial importance with over 95,000 ktonnes being used in the world per annum. The greatest use of gypsum is in the production of plaster (calcium sulphate hemihydrate) for use as an interior finisher. Plaster is produced by the calcination (thermal decomposition) of gypsum. There are a number of different phenomena occurring within a calciner, including heat transfer, mass transfer, particle and gas mixing, elutriation and the dehydration reaction itself. All these processes interact with each other. Although a lot of research has been carried out in these areas already, the literature has been found to contain significant discrepancies. This study contains experimental work which has been carried out in order to better understand the physical processes occurring within a gypsum calciner. The rate of dehydration of gypsum (35-67μm in diameter) has been studied in a fluidized bed reactor. Experiments were carried out at bed temperatures of 100 to 170°c. The fluidizing gas was air with water vapour pressures of 0.001 to 0.30 atm. The dehydrations were under differential conditions. A study of the fluidisation and elutriation properties of gypsum in batch vessels (cylindrical and conical) has been carried out. The mechanics of elutriation has been investigated and modeled for various freeboards, superficial gas velocities and air humidities. Residence time distributions were elucidated. Finally, the above experimental data and component models have been investigated for their applicability to producing a model of the laboratory scale gypsum calciner.
Authors and Affiliations
Mr. Govinda V. Late, Dr. P. V. Thorat, Prof. R. S. Jadhao
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