Hydrodynamic and particulate recovery studies in mobile-bed contacting

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Note:Hydrodynamic and particulate recovery characteristics of mobile-bed contacting (MBC) were studied in a 0.29 m diameter column over the range of gas and liquid flow rates 0.5 < G < 5.5 and 4.7 < L 2 < 33 kg/m -s. Packing of density 157 kg/m3, of diameter 38, 25 and 19 mm, was used to obtain static bed heights of 0.29, 0.44 and 0.58 m. Correlations were developed for bed expansion, minimum fluidization velocity, pressure drop and liquid holdup. Inertial impaction was found to be the dominant aerodynamic mechanism for particle collection in MBC. A general theory for particle collection in any scrubber was developed. Analogous to mass transfer, a particle transfer coefficient, kp, was defined. A general correlation for kp was obtained for MBC, incorporating experimentally determined effects of liquid and gas flow rate, packing size, static bed height, particle size, and hydrophobicity of particles. The correlation was validated for particles in the size range 0.35 - 5.5 um. [...]On a étudié les caractéristiques hydrodynamiques et les caractéristiques de la récupération des particules pour le processus de "mobile-bed contacting (MBC)" à l'aide d'une colonne de diamètre 0.29 m pour des débits du gaz de 0.5 à 5.5 kg/m--set du liquide de 4.7 à 33 kg/m2-s. On a obtenu des hauteurs de lit statique de 0.29, 0.44 et 0.58 m à l'aide de garnissages de 157 kg/m3 de densité, et de 38, 25 et 19 mm de diamètre. Des corrélations ont pu être établies quant à la dilatation du lit, la vitesse minimum de fluidisation, la perte de charge et la quantité de liquide retenue au lit. On a montré que les collisions dues à l'inertie constituent le mécanisme aérodynamique principal de récupération des particules dans leMBC. [...

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