Investigation on Flow Patterns and Transitions in a Multiple-Spouted Bed
Investigation on Flow Patterns and Transitions in a Multiple-Spouted Bed
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多喷动床中流动模式和转变的研究
DOI:
10.1021/ef901449m
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发表时间:
2010-03-01
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5.3
通讯作者:
Xiao, Rui
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作者:
Ren, Bing;Zhong, Wenqi;Xiao, Rui
Experimental studies on flow patterns and transitions were carried out in a visible multiple-spouted bed. The bed combines three spouted bed cells, each with a cross-section of 100 × 30 mm, and each cell has an independent spout nozzle of 10 mm in width. Polypropylene beads with a density of 900 kg/m3and mean diameter of 2.8 mm were used as bed materials. Six distinct flow patterns, i.e., fixed bed (FB), internal jet (IJ), internal jet with bubble (IJB), single spouting (SS), multi-spouting (MS), and internal jet with slugging (IJS), were determined on the basis of criteria as well as schematic diagrams and typical flow pattern images obtained from a high-resolution digital charge coupled device (CCD) camera. Typical flow regime maps at three static bed heights were plotted to describe the transitions of flow patterns with central and auxiliary spouting gases. Besides, some important flow characteristics associated with flow patterns and transitions, i.e., minimum spouted velocity and pressure drop, were studied. The results showed that the kind of flow pattern was dependent upon the static bed height; in particular, the flow pattern of IJS was only found at a high static bed height. The central minimum spouting velocity increased with an increasing static bed height, decreased with a low auxiliary spouting gas flow rate, but increased with a high auxiliary spouting gas flow rate. The total pressure drop increased first and then decreased gradually with the auxiliary spouting gas at a certain central spouting gas flow rate, while it increased first and then remarkably decreased with the central spouting gas at a given auxiliary spouting gas flow rate.