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Applying the Fundamentals Understanding the Hydrodynamics in Biomass Gasifiers Ray Cocco June 14, 2012
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Applying the Fundamentals

Understanding the Hydrodynamics in Biomass Gasifiers

Ray CoccoJune 14, 2012

Applying the Fundamentals

Fluidized Bed Gasifier Concept

• Typical feeds• Coal• Black liquor• Wood• Everything else

• Bed mixtures• Biomass and sand or

olivine• Biomass co-gasification

with coalGTI Concept

Applying the Fundamentals

Outline

• Particle behavior and flow regimes• Bed behavior• Entrainment• Bubble• Multiphase jet• Gas jets• Gas-liquid jets

• Summary

Applying the Fundamentals

Outline

• Particle behavior and flow regimes• Bed behavior• Entrainment• Bubble• Multiphase jet• Gas jets• Gas-liquid jets

• Summary

Applying the Fundamentals

Particle Properties

• Sand is “inert” and remains a Geldart Group B Particle• Coal is typical fed in as Geldart Group B but bed

properties can be more indicative of Geldart Group A

Sand

Coal

Higher Pressures

Applying the Fundamentals

Differences Between Geldart Groups A and B

Properties Geldart Group A Geldart Group B

Bubbles

Permeability

Heat and Mass Transfer

Bed Expansion

Entrainment

Small, 2 to 4 inches Large! Prone to Slugging

Low High

High Low

Significant! Moderate

High Low

Applying the Fundamentals

Flow Regimes

• To date, most biomass gasifier concepts are bubbling and churning fluidized beds

Coal Gasification

Biomass Gasification

Applying the Fundamentals

Difference Between Flow Regimes

Properties Bubbling Turbulent

Bubbles

Mass Transfer

Heat Transfer

Bed Profile

Reactor Height

Regular Shaped, Stable Elongated, Irregular, Unstable

High Higher

Good Best

Relatively Uniform Core-Annulus

Short Tall

Applying the Fundamentals

Outline

• Particle behavior and flow regimes• Bed behavior• Entrainment• Bubble• Multiphase jet• Summary

Applying the Fundamentals

Outline• Particle behavior and flow regimes• Bed behavior• Slugging• Bed expansion• Jetsam/flotsam?• Biomass feeds• Agglomerates

• Gas bypassing• Entrainment• Bubble• Multiphase jet• Gas jets

Applying the Fundamentals

Slugging• Larger particles produce larger bubbles• Larger bubbles rise faster than smaller

bubbles• Bubbles larger than 2/3 the diameter of the

bed can cause the bed to slug• Issue with slugging• Unstable fluidization operation• May flood cyclones• Lower mass transfer• Residence time of gas in bubble• Surface to volume of exposure to

emulsion

Uo = 1 ft/sec

Applying the Fundamentals

Bed Expansion

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Stagnant Bed Fluidized Bed

Applying the Fundamentals

Jetsam & Flotsam - A Biomass Problem

• Coal injection into a 25-foot (7.6-m) diameter fluidized bed of coal

• Neutrally buoyant particles

Applying the Fundamentals

Jetsam & Flotsam - A Biomass Problem

• Little penetration in the bed• Particle buoyancy seems to be important

Applying the Fundamentals

Agglomerates

• Low quality coal• Silica sand (bed and feed)

Built-in Classifier

GTI U-Gas ProcessSES

Applying the Fundamentals

Gas Bypassing and Bed Heights• Gas bypassing is a function

of bed height or dense particles

• Gas compression is the real issue

• What may be good in your pilot plant may not be sufficient in your commercial unit

• May be due to compression of the emulsion phase and bed permeability

• Mostly a Geldart Group A issue at low pressures

0.9 m ID Fluidized BedUg = 0.46 m/sec with FCC powder (3% fines)

90 cm ID

Applying the Fundamentals

Gas Bypassing and Bed Heights• Gas bypassing is a function

of bed height or dense particles

• Gas compression is the real issue

• What may be good in your pilot plant may not be sufficient in your commercial unit

• May be due to compression of the emulsion phase and bed permeability

• Mostly a Geldart Group A issue at low pressures

0.9 m ID Fluidized BedUg = 0.46 m/sec with FCC powder (3% fines)

90 cm ID

“Stagnant” Bed

Sparger

Freeboard

Gas Bypassing

Applying the Fundamentals

Pressure Fluctuations as an Indicator of Gas Bypassing

• Pressure fluctuations increased when jet streaming was present• But this was mostly a local detection

No Jet Streaming Jet Streaming90 cm ID

Applying the Fundamentals

Precession of Gas Bypassing as Detected from Pressure Fluctuations

• Jet stream is not stationary

• It seems to precess around the vessel

90 cm ID

• Pressure taps need to be near jet stream

• As evidenced in signal fluctuations

Applying the Fundamentals

Managing Gas Bypassing• Jet streaming is a function of gas

permeability and bed weight

• Most with Geldart Group A powders

• Jet streaming can be managed

• Limiting the bed height

• Not always possible

• Adding particle fines

• Increasing the pressure

• More gas can get into the emulsion

• Adding baffles

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0.3 meter Column DiaLight FCC PowderStatic Bed Height

2 meters 0.8 meters

Gas Bypassing

No Gas Bypassing

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With Baffles No Baffles

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, m

1412108642% Fines (< 44 µm)

0.3 meters Column DiaLight FCC Powder

Ug = 0.46 m/sec Ug = 0.61 m/sec

Applying the Fundamentals

Effects of Imposed Solids Flux

3% Fines, No Flux 9% Fines, No Flux 3% Fines with Flux 9% Fines with Flux

SolidsVolumeFraction

2 ft/sec (0.6 m/sec) Superficial Gas Velocity

Barracuda®

High Loadings

Low Loadings

Applying the Fundamentals

• Barracuda® was able to simulate the role of fines and jet streaming• In low fines case, regions of

dense emulsions, 55% loading, were observed

• In high fines case, maximum bed density did not exceed 40% loading.

Modeling Gas Bypassing

3% Fines

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9 wt%

3 wt%

9% Fines 3% Fines 9% Fines

Applying the Fundamentals

Validation with Pressure Fluctuations• Barracuda™ was able to capture the trends

but over predicted pressure fluctuations for the imposed solids flux cases

P1

P2

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P6

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sure

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ions

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H2O

Case 4Case 3Case 2Case 1

• Denotes data ° Denotes simulation results

3% Fines, No Flux9% Fines, No Flux

3% Fines with Solids Flux9% Fines with Solids Flux

Applying the Fundamentals

Validation with Pressure Fluctuations• Barracuda™ was able to capture the trends

but over predicted pressure fluctuations for the imposed solids flux cases

P1

P2

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3% Fines, No Flux9% Fines, No Flux

3% Fines with Solids Flux9% Fines with Solids Flux

Applying the Fundamentals

Sliced View

Mixing and Gas Bypassing

Solids Feed in RedInitial Bed in Green

Gas in Blue

Solids Feed in RedInitial Bed in Green

Gas in Blue

Barracuda™

Exterior View - Wall

3% Fines with Imposed Flux

9% Fines with Imposed Flux

3% Fines with Imposed Flux

9% Fines with Imposed Flux

Applying the Fundamentals

Gas Bypassing at the Interface

• Species legend• Species 0 - Gas• Species 1 - Bed• Species 2 - Dipleg

• Gas bypassing with low fines level appears to reside at the interface of bed particles and dipleg particles

3% Fines with Imposed Flux 9% Fines with Imposed Flux

Applying the Fundamentals

Outline

• Particle behavior and flow regimes• Bed behavior• Entrainment• Bubble• Multiphase jet• Summary

Applying the Fundamentals

Entrainment

Fluidized Bed

PlenumGrid

Cyclone

Freeboard

(1-ε)

TDHTransport Disengagement Height

Applying the Fundamentals

Bubble Burst

Bubble Burst with FCC Powder

6,600 frames per second

with University of Chicago

1”

Applying the Fundamentals

Calculated Entrainment Rates in a Fluidized Bed

• Why do we see such a wide range of entrainment rates for small particles?

• Are some smaller particles behaving differently than others?Entrainment rate calculations based on FCC catalyst

powder with 9% fines in a 3-meters ID x 12-meters tall fluidized bed with a bed height of 6 meters and superficial

gas velocity of 1 m/sec at room temperature

Stojkovski, V., Kostic’, Z., Thermal Science, 7 (2003) 43-58.Zenz, P.A., Weil, N.A., AIChE J., 4 (1958) 472-479.Lin, L, Sears, J.T., Wen, C.Y., Powder Technology, 27 (1980) 105-115.

M. Colakyan, N. Catipovic, G. Jovanovic, T.J. Fitzgerald, AIChE Symp. Ser. 77 (1981) 66.Colakyan, M., Levenspiel, O., Powder Technology, 38 (1984), pp. 223-232Geldart, D., Cullinan, J., Georghiades, S., Gilvray, D., Pope, D.J., Trans. Inst. Chem. Eng., 57 (1979) 269-277.

Applying the Fundamentals

Batch Fluidization Test

• Replicated what was experienced in a commercial fluidized bed reactor

• The increase in entrainment rate corresponded to a decrease in the fines level in the bed and with the entrained solids

Grid PlatePlenum

Bed

Vent

6” (15 cm) Fluidized

Bed

Applying the Fundamentals

Particle Clusters in the Freeboard

800 μm400 μm200 μm100 μm

Phantom V7.1 @ 6,500 fps (University of Chicago)

Bayway FCC fines with dp50 of 27 microns in 6-in (15-cm) ID fluidized bed with

superficial gas velocity of 2 ft/sec (0.6 m/sec)

Applying the Fundamentals

Hypothesis: Particle Clusters

• Wilhelm and Kwauk postulated that particle clusters exist in 1948• Kaye and Boardman suggested that particle clusters are possible

when solids concentrations exceeded 0.05%• Yerushalmi et. al. proposed that particle clustering explained the

larger than expected slip velocity measured in a fast-fluidized bed• Geldart and Wong noted similar observations and conclusions

• Baeyens et. al. proposed that there is a critical particle size where clustering can occur• Karri et. al. noted similar findings

Higher Drag“Larger

Aerodynamic Diameter”

Wilhelm, R.H., Kwauk, M., Chemical Engineering Progress 44 (1948) 201.Kaye, B.M., Boardman, R.P., Proc. Symp. on the Interaction between Fluids and Particles, Inst. Chem. Eng., London, 17, 1962.Yerushalmi, J., Tuner, D.H., Squires, A.M., Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Process Design and Development 15 (1976)47–53.

Geldart, D., Wong, A.C.Y., AIChE Symp. Ser., 255 (1987), 1.Baeyens et al. Powder technology. 71 (1992) 71-80Karri, S.B.R., Knowlton, T.M., Internal Commnunication, 1990.

Applying the Fundamentals

Looking Beyond the Walls

• Olympus R100-038-000-50 Industrial Rigid Borescope• 38 cm effective length• 50° field of view• 5 to ∞ mm depth of field

• 6 mm Optical Glass Spacer• With stainless steel Guard Collar (not shown)

• Liquid Filled Light Guide• External lighting• High speed camera ready

6 mm Optical Glass Spacer (Guard Collar Removed)

Applying the Fundamentals

Polyethylene Clusters in Freeboard

• Clusters can be traced and sized

• Average cluster size was 23 particles

Phantom V7.1 @ 4000 fps, 20 μs exposure (NETL)

Polyethylene with dp50 of 70

microns in 6-in (15-cm) ID

fluidized bed with superficial gas velocity of 1 ft/sec (0.3 m/

sec)

Applying the Fundamentals

FCC Catalyst Clusters in Freeboard

• 30% of the material in the freeboard was observed as clusters• Average cluster size was 11 particles

Phantom V7.1 @ 4000 fps, 20 μs exposure (NETL)

FCC powder with dp50 of 72 microns in 6-in

(15-cm) ID fluidized bed

with superficial gas velocity of 1 ft/sec (0.3 m/

sec)

←200 μm Diameter

Applying the Fundamentals

FCC Catalyst Clusters in the Fluidized Bed

• Cluster observed near bubble region• Can not distinguish if clusters are in the emulsion phase or not

Phantom V7.1 @ 4000 fps, 20 μs exposure (NETL)

FCC powder with dp50 of 72 microns in 6-in

(15-cm) ID fluidized bed

with superficial gas velocity of 1 ft/sec (0.3 m/

sec)

←50 μm Diameter

Applying the Fundamentals

Effects of Baffles

• In a bed of FCC powder, the addition of baffles resulted in an increase in the entrainment rate at the higher velocities

• This was not observed for Geldart Group B particles• Not a bed diameter effect

Grid Plate

Baffles

Plenum

Bed

6-inch (15 cm) & 12-inch (30 cm) Fluidized Bed

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4

6

8

Superficial Gas Velocity, mêsec

Entra

inm

entF

lux,

kgêm2 -

sec

With Baffles

Without Baffles

Geldart Group A FCC Catalyst Powderρp=1490 kg/m3

dp50 (Initial) =90 μmColumn Dia. = 0.15 mStatic Bed Height (Initial) = 0.76 mBaffles at 0.5 and 0.76 m

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Superficial Gas Velocity, mêsec

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inm

entF

lux,

kgêm2 -

sec

Geldart Group B Cokeρp=1600 kg/m3

dp50 (Initial) =150 μmColumn Dia. = 0.3 mStatic Bed Height (Initial) = 0.76 m

With Baffles

Without Baffles

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sec

With Baffles

Without Baffles

Geldart Group A FCC Catalyst Powderρp=1490 kg/m3

dp50 (Initial) =90 μmColumn Dia. = 0.15 mStatic Bed Height (Initial) = 0.76 mBaffles at 0.5 and 0.76 m

Applying the Fundamentals

Effects of Baffles

• In a bed of FCC powder, the addition of baffles resulted in an increase in the entrainment rate at the higher velocities

• This was not observed for Geldart Group B particles• Not a bed diameter effect

Grid Plate

Baffles

Plenum

Bed

6-inch (15 cm) & 12-inch (30 cm) Fluidized Bed

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Superficial Gas Velocity, mêsec

Entra

inm

entF

lux,

kgêm2 -

sec

With Baffles

Without Baffles

Geldart Group A FCC Catalyst Powderρp=1490 kg/m3

dp50 (Initial) =90 μmColumn Dia. = 0.15 mStatic Bed Height (Initial) = 0.76 mBaffles at 0.5 and 0.76 m

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2.5

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Superficial Gas Velocity, mêsec

Entra

inm

entF

lux,

kgêm2 -

sec

Geldart Group B Cokeρp=1600 kg/m3

dp50 (Initial) =150 μmColumn Dia. = 0.3 mStatic Bed Height (Initial) = 0.76 m

With Baffles

Without Baffles

Applying the Fundamentals

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Effects of Bed Height

• Fines recycled back into the bed• At 4500 seconds, the bed height was decreased by 25%• Entrainment rate increase corresponded with drop in

bed height

Bed Height

Entrainment Total

25% Reduction in Bed Height

FCC Cyclone Fines (dp50=27 μm)Superficial Gas Velocity = 0.56 m/sec

6” (15 cm) ID X 6.1 m Tall Fluidized Bed

Grid PlatePlenum

Bed

Vent

Dipleg

Cyclone

Applying the Fundamentals

• Same material in the same unit• Entrainment rate was measured at various bed heights• Entrainment rate is inversely proportional to bed height

Grid PlatePlenum

Bed

Vent

Dipleg

Cyclone

Effects of Bed Height

6” (15 cm) ID X 6.1 m Tall Fluidized Bed

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kgêhr

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Applying the Fundamentals

Particle Cluster Formation and Stability

in Fluidized Beds

• Particle clusters may form near the bottom of the bed and continue to grow as they migrate to the top of the bed, possibly with the help of bubbles

• At the top of the bed, clusters are either entrained or circulate back down to the bottom of the bed.

• Several cycles of the circulation may be needed to build large clusters.

• As bed height is increased, the large circulation zone becomes more dominant and the possible residence time of a particle cluster in the bed becomes extended. • Baffles can inhibit cluster

formation as these clusters appear to be weakly bound together

Applying the Fundamentals

Implications• Prediction of entrainment rate

• Over prediction of entrainment rate can lead to over design of cyclone diplegs• Sizing a primary cyclone too large would result in too low

of a flux in the dipleg• For some systems, many of the available entrainment rate

correlations are not even close• There may be merit to a critical particle size for cluster

formation• Adding fines to your fluidized bed could actually lower your

entrainment rate, significantly• Validated on a commercial unit

• CFD and other “fundamental” models can’t predict this, yet.

Applying the Fundamentals

Outline

• Particle behavior and flow regimes• Bed behavior• Entrainment• Bubble• Multiphase jet• Summary

Applying the Fundamentals

Bubble Growth

• Bubbles in Group A particles are small and reach an equilibrium bubble size quickly

• Bubbles in Group B particles continue to grow and can get very large• Poor heat and mass transfer• Mechanical stresses

Applying the Fundamentals

Bubbles with Group A and B Particles

• 1.2 ft/sec superficial gas velocity in 36” diameter bed

• Good fluidization for Geldart Group A particles

• Poor fluidization for Geldart Group B particles• Bubbles exceeded 2/3 the diameter

of the bed• Note bed expansion for Group A

particles

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Applying the Fundamentals

Should They Be Called Bubbles

Applying the Fundamentals

Outline

• Particle behavior and flow regimes• Bed behavior• Entrainment• Bubble• Multiphase jet• Summary

Applying the Fundamentals

Outline

• Particle behavior and flow regimes• Bed behavior• Jetsam/floatsam?

• Entrainment• Bubble• Multiphase jet• Gas jets• Gas-solid jets• Gas-liquid jets

• Summary

Applying the Fundamentals

Jet Penetration at High Pressures

• From Knowlton, T.M. and Hirsan, I., "The Effect of Pressure on Jet Penetration in Semi-Cylindrical Gas Fluidized Beds", in "Fluidization", Grace and Matsen, Eds., p. 315, Plenum Press, New York. 1980.

• Three materials• Siderite• Coal char• Ottawa sand

• Jet velocity = 7.6 m/sec for all cases

• Superficial gas velocity = complete fluidization velocity• This changes with pressure

Jet Nozzle

Plexglas Face Plate

Freeboard/Disengagement

Material Particle Density, kg/m3

FMC Char 2629

Ottawa Sand 1158

Siderite 3988

Applying the Fundamentals

Simulations: Particle Density EffectsCharSiderite Sand

Material Particle Density, kg/m3

FMC Char

2629

Ottawa Sand

1158

Siderite 3988

Lower Density

Applying the Fundamentals

Simulations: Pressure Effects With Sand424.7 KPa 1111.8 KPa 3509.2 KPa 5296.7 KPa

J-9

Higher Pressures

Applying the Fundamentals

Jet Penetration Correlations

• Both Barracuda™ and PSRI correlations do well for all three materials at all pressures

• Merry and Shakhova did not fare well

Shakhova, N.A. Inzh. Fiz. Zh., 14 (1968) 61

Merry, J.M.D., AIChE J., 21 (1975) 507

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40003000200010000Pressure, KPa

Data for Sand Baracuda™ Merry PSRI Shakhova

20

15

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5

0

L B/d o

25002000150010005000Pressure, KPa

Data for Siderite Barracuda™ Merry PSRI Shakhova

Applying the Fundamentals

FCC/Fines Penetration in Jets

Applying the Fundamentals

Simulating Where The Particles Go

• Four nozzles start at 30 seconds

Applying the Fundamentals

Biomass Injection

• Penetration does not go far from the wall

Top Injectors

Middle Injectors

Bottom Injectors

Applying the Fundamentals

Biomass Jet Penetration

• Biomass never really gets past the wall and buoyancy keeps it there

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Coal Biomass Lower Biomass Middle Biomass Upper

Applying the Fundamentals

Particle Laden Jets via PSRI Jet Penetration Correlation

• Particle momentum form a jet significantly increase the jet penetration length

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enet

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n,M

Gas Only

100 kg/m2-sec

200 kg/m2-sec

300 kg/m2-sec

Air and Air-Sand Particles into a Fluidized Bed of Sand at 103 KPa and 800°C

Applying the Fundamentals

Jet Penetration Length

0 20 40 60 800

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r,Pêdo

Gas Jet into CoalGas Jet into Sand

Gas-Coal Jet into Coal

Gas-Biomass Jet into Sand

Applying the Fundamentals

Liquid Injection

into a Fluidized

Bed2D Fluidized Bed

Secondary Cyclone

Primary Cyclone

Standpipe

Riser

Nozzle

Plexiglas™

Sparger

Applying the Fundamentals

Liquid Injection into a Fluidized Bed

• Phantom VII Color High-Speed Video Camera

• 9900 fps at 20 microsecond shutter speed

• Red dye in liquid to enhance contrast

~20 cm

58

Applying the Fundamentals

8-inches (20 cm) from injector face

Liquid Injection into a Fluidized Bed

• Phantom VII Color High-Speed Video Camera• 9900 fps at 20 microsecond shutter speed• With liquid dye for contrast

1cm

2-inches (5 cm) from injector face

59

Applying the Fundamentals

Jet - Fluidized Bed Boundary Layer

• Little liquid jet penetration after initial wetting of particles

• Little particle exchange between wetted particles and dry particles beyond boundary

• Boundary layer estimated at 0.18 ± 0.04 cm

Applying the Fundamentals

Jet - Fluidized Bed Boundary Layer

• Little liquid jet penetration after initial wetting of particles

• Little particle exchange between wetted particles and dry particles beyond boundary

• Boundary layer estimated at 0.18 ± 0.04 cm

Applying the Fundamentals

Liquid-Particle Interactions in a Fluidized Bed

• 1000 fps at 990 microsecond shutter speed

• 5-inches (12.7-cm) from nozzle face

• 1.5-inches (3.8-cm) from face plate (wall)• Estimated to be within

the of jet• 20 SCFH (0.6 SCMH)

sweeping gas• Liquid injection contains

dye• Small particles coating

liquid droplets

Applying the Fundamentals

Liquid-Particle Interactions in a Fluidized Bed

• 1000 fps at 990 microsecond shutter speed

• 9-inches (23-cm) from nozzle face

• 1.0-inches (2.5-cm) from face plate (wall)

• Estimated to be at the boundary of the jet

• 5 SCFH (0.15 SCMH) sweeping gas

• Liquid injection contains dye

• Bigger particles coating droplets

Applying the Fundamentals

Summary• Particle properties under reaction conditions (including particle

size) are a key design parameters• Geldart Group A powders have small bubbles even in large units

• Smoother fluidization • Significant bed expansion especially at higher pressures• Good heat and mass transfer• Gas bypassing could be an issue• Particle clustering could be an issue

• Geldart Group B powders have large bubbles in commercial units• Poorer heat and mass transfer• Unstable bed operations in some cases• Slugging could be an issue, even in commercial units

• Jet penetration is mostly driven by buoyancy!


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