Wg. Liang et al., THE PHASE HOLDUPS IN A GAS-LIQUID-SOLID CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED-BED, Chemical engineering journal and the biochemical engineering journal, 58(3), 1995, pp. 259-264
A special operation of gas-liquid-solid fluidization (the three-phase
circulating fluidization) was investigated. The particle circulation f
low rate in the circulating regime was measured. The gas holdup in thi
s regime was obtained with a conductive probe. The relative solids hol
dup in the bubble wake and the ratio of wake volume to bubble volume w
ere measured using a solids holdup probe. The predicted phase holdups
with the generalized wake model in the circulating regime were consist
ent with the experimental results.