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Characterization of countercurrent liquid-upward and solid-downward fluidized system

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PARTICUOLOGY
Volume 70, Issue -, Pages 95-105

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.partic.2022.01.009

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Countercurrent fluidization; Flooding; Pressure drop; Solids holdup; Richardson-Zaki equation; Liquid-solid fluidized bed (LSFB) including conventional flu-

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The flow characteristics of a countercurrent liquid-solid fluidized bed were experimentally investigated, and the influences of various factors on the flow were studied. The experimental results were in agreement with the mathematical prediction.
Acting as an operating mode of fluidization, the flow characteristics of a countercurrent liquid-solid fluidized bed (CCLSFB) were experimentally investigated using a Plexiglas column of 1.5 m in height. Countercurrent liquid-upward and solid-downward fluidization was achieved under a limited solid flowrate before flooding occurred. The flooding phenomena and the flooding velocity were identified by measuring the variations in pressure drop in the axial direction of the column. Two different methods were used to quantify the flooding point that led to the instability of the system. Axial solids holdup profiles were also obtained from the pressure drop data along the column and the influences of device structure and operating conditions on the solids holdup were also studied. Seven types of particles with different diameters and densities were used. An agreement was found between the experimental results and the mathematic prediction derived from the Richardson-Zaki equation on the data of the solids holdup. (c) 2022 Chinese Society of Particuology and Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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