Hydrodynamic characteristics of bubble-induced three-phase inverse fluidized bed (BIFB)

Keying Ma; Xiliang Sun; Yuanyuan Shao; Mingyan Liu; Jesse Zhu

doi:10.1016/j.ces.2019.115177

Hydrodynamic characteristics of bubble-induced three-phase inverse fluidized bed (BIFB)

Keying Ma, Xiliang Sun, Yuanyuan Shao, Mingyan Liu, Jesse Zhu

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Abstract

A new bubble-induced three-phase inverse fluidized bed (BIFB) is proposed, where particles lighter than water are fluidized downwards by upward flowing gas without net liquid flow due to the reduced net gas-liquid mixture density and the turbulence caused by bubble flow. Key advantages include uniform fluidization of particles, zero or low liquid flowrate, low energy consumption and easy re-fluidization, showing great potential in biochemical, bioprocess, food, environmental and petrochemical industry. In a 0.33 m diameter pilot-scale BIFB column, four flow regimes; initial fluidization gas velocity and complete fluidization gas velocity were identified, using particles of different diameters and densities. A new concept, the fluidization ratio, is devised to best describe the fluidization quality in BIFB.

Original language	English
Article number	115177
Journal	Chemical Engineering Science
Volume	209
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2019.115177
Publication status	Published - 14 Dec 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Flow regimes
Fluidization ratio
Hydrodynamic characteristics
Phase holdup
Three-phase inverse fluidized bed

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General Chemistry
General Chemical Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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