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Hydrodynamics Of Liquid-Solid And Three-Phase Inverse Circulating Fluidized Beds, Tian Nan

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The hydrodynamics of inverse liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed (ILSCFB) is experimentally studied in a 5.4 m tall and 0.076 m ID column. 5 types of low density particles are investigated with different particle terminal velocities.

Solids holdup distribution is found to be uniform in a wide range of superficial liquid velocities and over 10 solid circulation rates. Average solids hold is not sensitive to particle properties. Clustering phenomenon is found to be significant affecting the slip velocity in the ILSCFB. And the cluster phenomenon is directly related to particle R_­eynolds number (R_et). Particles with little …