Sj. Hwang et al., SOLID-LIQUID MASS-TRANSFER IN A NON-NEWTONIAN LIQUID FLUIDIZED-BED, Chemical engineering journal and the biochemical engineering journal, 52(3), 1993, pp. 131-135
Experiments were conducted to investigate the solid-liquid mass transf
er behaviour in a non-newtonian liquid fluidized bed. The column diame
ter and height of the fluidized bed are 8 cm and 100 cm respectively.
Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) solution was used as the non-newtonian f
luid in this study. Dissolution of benzoic acid pellets into CMC solut
ion was employed to obtain the solid-liquid mass transfer coefficient
in the bed. The benzoic acid concentration in CMC solution was measure
d by titration. The in-bed benzoic acid concentration was examined to
justify the use of an axial dispersion model in the evaluation of the
mass transfer coefficient in this study. It was found that the mass tr
ansfer coefficient was essentially independent of the liquid velocity
and particle size. However, it decreased as the CMC solution concentra
tion was increased.