Review of (gas)-liquid-solid circulating fluidized beds as biochemical and environmental reactors

Jiaying Wang, Yuanyuan Shao, Xilong Yan, Jesse Zhu

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Abstract

Circulating fluidized beds (CFBs) possess many significant advantages over conventional fluidized beds, including enhanced interfacial contact efficiency and reduced back-mixing. Building on the many successful industrial applications of gas-solid CFBs, liquid-solid circulating fluidized beds (LSCFBs) and gas-liquid-solid circulating fluidized beds (GLSCFBs) have recently also received increasing interests due to their massive potential in chemical-biochemical, environmental and pharmaceutical processes. This review summarizes the progress in the past several decades concerning LSCFBs and GLSCFBs, with more emphasis placed on the reported applications, after a general description of the unique features of the two types of CFBs. Most of the examples given in this review are still in laboratory-scale, but useful guidance can be provided to researchers or companies for further study and/or commercial exploration.

Original languageEnglish
Article number121951
JournalChemical Engineering Journal
Volume386
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Apr 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Circulating fluidized beds
  • Gas-liquid-solid fluidization
  • Liquid-solid fluidization
  • Potential applications
  • Proteins recovery
  • Wastewater treatment

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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