Hold-up of fine particles in the packed dense bed of the multisolid pneumatic transport bed

Abstract

The hold-up of fine particles in the packed bed of dense particles in the multisolid pneumatic transport bed was experimentally examined. In the experiments, three types of fine particles were used including FCC particles (65 μm), glass beads (105 μm) and fine sand (155 μm), while three types of dense particles were used including aluminum particles (5.50 mm and 6.96 mm) and iron oxide particles (11.08 mm). The hold-up of fine particles in the packed bed of dense particles was found to be higher by a factor as large as 6 compared with that observed in systems without dense particles. An interaction coefficient between fine particles and dense particles was defined based on the momentum balance equation of fine particles in the packed bed. This interaction coefficient, which is empirically correlated, was utilized to account for the hold-up of fine particles in the packed bed. © 1983.