Effect of liquid addition on heat transfer in gas-fluidized beds of large light particles

Abstract

When liquid is added to large-particle gas-fluidized beds where the liquid density is similar to the particle density, the liquid addition can cause a dramatic increase in the velocity range and intensity of fluidization. In this paper it is shown that this also leads to strong enhancement of the heat transfer between the bed and an immersed tube. Experiments were carried out using a heated tube of outer diameter 25 mm in air-fluidized beds of polystyrene particles or glass beads to which small quantities of water (typically equivalent to 10 per cent of the bed volume) were added. The results from the heat transfer experiments are explained with the aid of observations of the tube surface using an industrial endoscope located inside the tube. The key factors underlying the enhancement of heat transfer are identified to be heat conduction to liquid-solid aggregates, convection to the liquid phase, convection to the gas phase and vaporization.

Keywords

fluidized beds heat transfer large light particles three-phase fluidization

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