Investigating binary mixtures fluidized using a porous plate

Author: Leaper M.C.   Hilal N.   Kingman S.W.  

Publisher: VSP

ISSN: 1568-5527

Source: Advanced Powder Technology, Vol.15, Iss.4, 2004-07, pp. : 435-446

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to give a simple correlation to give a first-approximation value for the minimum fluidizing velocity of a binary system. In contrast to many previous studies into predicting the minimum fluidizing velocity of a binary system fluidized using a porous plate distributor, this investigation proposes a purely empirical correlation for estimating the values of uM, uS and uFF based on plotting Archimedes' number against Reynolds' number using experimental data from a wide range of sources. This produced correlations based on the general form Ar = A ˙ Re B, which were shown to compare well with actual results.