We report initial NMR studies of gas dynamics in a particle bed fluidized by laser-polarized xenon (129Xe) gas. We have made preliminary measurements of two important characteristics: gas exchange between the bubble and emulsion phases and the gas velocity distribution in the bed. We used T2* contrast to differentiate the bubble and emulsion phases by choosing solid particles with large magneti...

soft-sphere discrete element method (dem) and navier-stokes equations were coupled with equations of energy for gas and solids to investigate the process of agglomeration in fluidized bed of polyethylene particles at high temperature. the newton’s second law of motion was adapted for translational and rotational motion of particles and agglomerates. the cohesive force for polyethylene particles...

effluent from ro (reverse osmosis) systems during recovery gradually becomes concentrated and supersaturated with soluble salts such as calcium carbonate (caco3), calcium sulfate (caso4), barium sulfate (baso4) and silica (sio2). thus we were looking for procedures to prevent precipitation of soluble salts on the membrane surface and decrease membrane permeability. therefore, recovery could be ...

Various theoretical models for fluidized bed to surface heat transfer have been considered to explain the mechanism of heat transport. The particulate fluidized bed which is the common case for liquid–solid fluidized bed is much simpler and homogeneous and transport operation can be easily modeled. The heat transfer coefficient increases to a maximum and then steadily decreases as the bed void ...

Solar thermal systems are generally utilized for providing sustainable and environmentally friendly energy that can be used in different applications. In the present study, a temperature-controlled fluidized bed solar drying system along with flat plate zigzag fins has been designed, manufactured, experimentally tested. first step, behavior of designed air collectors numerically modeled. next s...

Fluidized bed has many advantages such as high heat and mass transfer rates, temperature homogeneity and good mixing property. However, conventional fluidized bed has some limitations; operation at high gas velocity leads to slugging and there exists minimum particle size for the uniform fluidization. Recently, a rotating fluidized bed (RFB) has attracted special interest, since it has a possib...

The influence of internal tubes present in the fluidized bed on its hydrodynamic behavior was examined in this study. One tube was completely immersed in the bed of 650 m glass beads at 10 cm above the air distributor in the 15 cm inner diameter fluidized bed column of aspect ratio 1. The pressure fluctuations signal was collected over 300 s and was consequently analyzed by the both statistical...