Types of gas fluidization
Abstract
The behaviour of solids fluidized by gases falls into four clearly recognizable groups, characterized by density difference (ϱs–ϱf) and mean particle size. The most easily recognizable features of the groups are: powders in group A exhibit dense phase expansion after minimum fluidization and prior to the commenment of bubbling; those in group B bubble at the minimum fluidization velocity; those in group C are difficult to fluidize at all and those in group D can form stable spouted beds. A numerical criterion which distinguishes between groups A and B has been devised and agrees well with published data. Generalizations concerning powders within a group can be made with reasonable confidence but conclusions drawn from observations made on a powder in one group should not in general be used to predict the behaviour of a powder in another group.
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