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Wall to liquid mass transfer in fluidized beds
Author(s) -
Storck A.,
Coeuret F.
Publication year - 1977
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.5450550411
Subject(s) - mass transfer , porosity , mechanics , fluidized bed , particle (ecology) , liquid flow , motion (physics) , flow (mathematics) , materials science , thermodynamics , physics , classical mechanics , geology , composite material , oceanography
Abstract The paper reports a study of the influence of particle motion on wall to liquid mass transfer in liquid fluidized beds. Results obtained in classical fluidized beds are compared with those observed with expanded fixed beds of the same particles and having the same mean porosity. It is shown that the particle motion has no measurable influence. The particles only act as obstacles to the fluid flow in the same way as if they were fixed in their mean statistical positions.