Bed expansion in high velocity fluidization |
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Authors: | AA Avidan J Yerushalmi |
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Affiliation: | Clean Fuels Institute, The City College of the City University of New York, New York, NY 10031 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Bed expansion of fine powders was investigated in two high aspect ratio fluid beds, an expanded top bed and a circulating system. The range of gas velocities (0.07 – 8 m/s) spanned the bubbling/slugging, turbulent, fast, and dense conveying fluidization regimes. The two-phase theory was shown generally not to apply in the slugging and the higher velocity fluidization regimes. A modified Richardson-Zaki approach, using an ‘effective’ cluster terminal velocity, was shown to adequately describe bed expansion. Changes in slope of the expansion curve were associated with regime changes, and can prove useful for the analysis of large diameter fluid beds. The effect of particle size distribution was shown to be considerable. |
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Keywords: | To whom correspondence should be addressed Present address: Mobil Research and Development Corp Paulsboro NJ 08066 U S A |
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