Lateral flux and velocity of FCC particles in a CFB riser

The radial profiles of the lateral solids mass flux and the lateral solids velocity were determined for FCC particles in a 7 m tall circulating fluidi zed bed riser 0.14 m in diameter by applying a lateral flux probe and elect rical capacitance tomography. The external solids mass flux was varied betw een 148 and 302 kg/(m(2).s), while the superficial gas velocity was varied between 3.7 and 4.7 m/s. Under these conditions, a dense bottom region and an upper dilute region coexisted in the riser. Lateral fluxes in the dense bottom region reached 100 kg/(m(2).s) at the wall, but fell to 14 kg/(m(2). s) at the wall in the upper dilute region. At both axial locations, a net d eposition of solids from the core to the annulus occurred, indicating that fully developed flow was never established under these conditions. The late ral fluxes in the bottom region were significantly larger than those found in previous studies. It was further concluded that considering the lateral solids flux to be only a function of solids concentration is an over-simpli fication.