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Magnetic resonance characterization of coupled gas and particle dynamics in a bubbling fluidized bed

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Boyce, CM 
Rice, NP 
Ozel, A 
Davidson, JF 
Sederman, AJ 

Abstract

Relative flow between granular material and gas can create phenomena in which particles behave like a liquid with bubbles rising through them. In this paper, magnetic resonance imaging is used to measure the velocities of the gas and solid phases in a bubbling fluidized bed. Comparison with theory shows that the average velocity of gas through the interstices between particles is predicted correctly by classic analytical theory. Experiments were also used to validate predictions from computer simulations of gas and solid motion. The experiments show a wide distribution of gas velocities in both bubbling and emulsion regions, providing a different direction for computational and analytical theory.

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Keywords

4004 Chemical Engineering, 40 Engineering

Journal Title

Physical Review Fluids

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Journal ISSN

2469-990X
2469-990X

Volume Title

1

Publisher

American Physical Society
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K008218/1)
C.M.B. acknowledges financial support from the Gates Cambridge Trust and Syncrude Canada Ltd.