Composite zeolites impregnated with anhydrous salt particles are promising materials for use in domestic thermochemical energy storage (TCES), however they have limited power output. Fluidization has the potential to increase mass and heat transfer of TCES systems. In this study, a composite material LiX zeolite MgCl2 is produced. This batch then fluidized at different gas velocities study whet...

The packing fraction and the pressure drop across gas-fluidized beds of granular media exhibit hysteresis as the gas-flow rate is cycled up and down across the fluidization transition. Presumably this is due to contact forces and transfer of stress to the surrounding walls, and hence should vary nontrivially with the aspect ratio of the sample. Here we present systematic measurements of the var...

Gas invasion in liquid-saturated sands exhibits different morphologies and dynamics. For mobile beds, the repeated rise of gas through the layer leads to the growth of a fluidized zone, which reaches a stationary shape. Here, we present experimental results characterizing the evolution of the fluidized region as a function of the gas-flow rate and grain size. We introduce a new observable, the ...

Nanoparticles (NPs) are applied in a wide range of processes, and their use continues to increase. Fluidization is one of the best techniques available to disperse and process NPs. NPs cannot be fluidized individually; they fluidize as very porous agglomerates. The objective of this article is to review the developments in nanopowder fluidization. Often, it is needed to apply an assistance meth...

Various approaches to structure gas-solid fluidized beds are reviewed, followed by detailed discussion on the use of gas pulsation induce dynamic structuring. Granular media dissipative systems, which develop complex spatiotemporal patterns when excited an oscillating energy source. Here, we discuss how such perturbations initiate surface and these could propagate into a macroscopically organiz...

Some experimental observations on the fluidization characteristics of nanoparticles in the form of agglomerates with magnetic assistance are presented. The nanoagglomerates consist of Degussa Aerosil R974 fumed silica, with a primary particle size of 12 nm. An oscillating AC magnetic field is used to excite large (mm size) permanent magnetic particles mixed in with the nanoparticle agglomerates...

Article history: Received 2 August 2017 Received in revised form 29 October 2017 Accepted 13 November 2017 Available online 21 November 2017 Many important engineering applications involve the interaction of free-moving objects with dispersed multiphase flows, however due to the challenge and complexity ofmodelling these systems,modelling approaches remain very limited and very few studies have...