Jh. Choi et al., TEMPERATURE EFFECT ON THE PARTICLE ENTRAINMENT RATE IN A GAS-FLUIDIZED BED, Industrial & engineering chemistry research, 37(3), 1998, pp. 1130-1135
The qualitative effect of temperature on the particle entrainment rate
has been measured in a gas fluidized bed (0.1 m i.d., 1.97 m height).
The gas velocity (0.65-2.3 m/s), the bed temperature (12-600 degrees
C), the particle density (2509-6158 kg/m(3)), and the particle size (0
.091-0.363 mm) were considered as experimental variables. The particle
entrainment rate increased after an initial decrease with increasing
bed temperature. The effect of temperature on particle entrainment rat
e decreased as either the gas velocity or the particle density increas
ed. Within the experimental range, it could be confirmed that the chan
ge of the particle entrainment rate with temperature was very similar
to that of the particle size for which the terminal velocity was equal
to the gas velocity.