Slug Characteristics of Polymer Particles in a Fluidized Bed with Different Distributors

See Hoon Lee; Dong Hyun Lee; Sang Done Kim

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.18, No.3, 387-391, May, 2001

DOI10.1007/BF02699183 Export Citation

Slug Characteristics of Polymer Particles in a Fluidized Bed with Different Distributors

See Hoon Lee , Dong Hyun Lee , and Sang Done Kim^†

Department of Chemical Engineering and Energy & Environment Research Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701, Korea

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Pressure fluctuations in a fluidized bed (0.38 m-I.D.×4.4 m-high) of 1.23-mm polymer particles (LLDPE) were measured with different distributors. Slug characteristics (slug frequency and slug rising velocity) were determined by analyzing pressure fluctuations in the bed. The effects of gas velocity (0.6-1.2 m/s) and distributor geometry (opening area ratio, number of orifices and distributor types) on the slug characteristics were determined. The slug frequency decreases slightly with increasing gas velocity. However, slug rising velocity increases linearly with increasing excess fluidization velocity regardless of the distributors used.

Keywords:Slug Frequency;Slug Rising Velocity;Polymer Particles;Distributor Types

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