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Pressure drop, bed expansion and liquid holdup in a three phase spouted bed contactor
Author(s) -
Vukov ÍC D. V.,
Zdanski F. K.,
Vunjak G. V.,
Grbavčić Ž. B.,
Littman H.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450520208
Subject(s) - contactor , pressure drop , nozzle , fluidized bed , chromatography , materials science , drop (telecommunication) , volume (thermodynamics) , volumetric flow rate , fluidization , packed bed , chemistry , mechanics , thermodynamics , mechanical engineering , engineering , power (physics) , physics , organic chemistry
Data on the pressure drop, bed expansion and liquid holdup in a three phase spouted bed contactor with an initial bed height of 243 mm. were obtained as a function of the gas and liquid flowrate. Polyethylene spheres 10 mm. in diameter with a density of 320 kg/m 3 were spouted in a 194 mm. column using a 30 mm. nozzle. The spouted bed contactor with gas and liquid mass flow‐rates of 2.18 and 1.88 kg/m 2 sec, respectively had similar pressure drop per unit area of particle surface, total liquid holdup per unit volume of operating bed, and “active” holdup, as a fluidized contactor.