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An axial dispersion of gas in a circulating fluidized bed was investigated in a fluidized bed of 4.0 cm I.D. and 279 cm in height. The axial dispersion coefficient of gas was determined by the stimulus-response method of trace gas of CO2. The employed particles were 0.069 mm and 0.147 mm silica-sand. The results showed that axial dispersion coefficients were increased with gas velocity and solid circulation rates as well as suspension density. The experimentally determined axial dispersion coefficients in this study were in the range of 1.0-3.5 m2/s.
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Abbreviations
- C(t):
-
concentration of tracer gas [voltage]
- Da :
-
axial dispersion coefficient [m2/sec]
- dp :
-
particle diameter [mm]
- Gs :
-
solid circulation rate [kg/m2·sec]
- Pe:
-
Peclet number [-]
- Ug :
-
fluidizing gas velocity [m/sec]
- ρsus :
-
suspension density [kg/m3]
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Kim, J., Han, G. & Yi, C. Axial dispersion of gas in a circulating fluidized bed. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 19, 491–494 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02697162
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