Despite the abundance of entrainment correlations in gas–solid fluidization made available
in the past few decades, the discrepancy between empirical prediction and experimental …

Erosion in bubbling fluidized‐bed combustors is a serious issue that may affect their
reliability and economics. Available evidence suggests that the key to understanding this …

Abstract Transport Disengaging Height (TDH), defined as the freeboard height whereby the
entrainment rate does not change appreciably [1–6], is an important parameter in the design …

The scaling up of fluidized beds has been purposefully pursued for more than 100 years.
Yet, over that time, scale-up tools have not significantly changed. Data analysis is typically a …

Particle carry-over from the surface of a fluidized bed into the freeboard depends onthe
mechanism of bubble eruption. Particles may be ejected into the freeboard from the roofs or …

Particle image velocimety (PIV) was used to study the motion of a single bubble as it
approached and then broke through the top surface of a two-dimensional (2D) gas-fluidized …

The elutriation of fine powders from a fluidized bed of a fine-coarse particle mixture was
investigated in a transparent column with a diameter of 7.1 cm and a height of 102 cm at …

A mathematical model for simulation of gasification processes of solid fuels in atmospheric
or pressurised bubbling fluidised beds incorporating bed and freeboard hydrodynamics, fuel …

The turbulence in the upward gas flow above a gas-fluidised bed was measured by hot wire
anemometry. In this region above the bed—defined as the free is the fluidising velocity. The …

Some results on particle image velocimetry (PIV) in 2-D freely bubbling fluidized beds are
presented. The PIV applications were used in order to determine the initial particle velocity …