The effect of feed entry location on segregation of the binary mixture of solids in a continuous liquid fluidised bed has been investigated in the present study. Three different feed entry locations were selected and examined in a 72 mm ID and 3 m height continuous liquid fluidised bed. The binary feed mixture consists of different sized particles of same density with different compositions. The significant observations noticed at various feed entry locations on fluidisation behaviour are discussed. While feed entry location had a significant influence on purity and recovery of top and bottom products, it had no appreciable influence on pressure drop profile, entrainment and discharge rates of solids. The optimum liquid velocity and optimum purity/recovery were identified for every feed entry location for maximum separation of both the particles. © 2018, © 2018 Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers.

P Sesha Talpa Sai

Department Of Chemical Engineering

Binary mixtures

Drops

Fluidization

Liquids

Location

Pressure drop

Segregation (metallography)

BINARY-SOLID MIXTURES

Discharge rates

FEED MIXTURE

Fluidised bed

Liquid velocities

Size segregation

Fluidized beds

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Continuous segregation of binary mixture of solids in liquid fluidised beds: influence of feed entry location

Indian Chemical Engineer

Continuous segregation of homogeneous binary mixture of solids was experimentally investigated in a liquid fluidised bed with water as the fluidising medium. Experiments were conducted to study the influence of operating variables such as feed rate of solids, feed composition and liquid superficial velocity on pressure drop, entrainment and discharge rates of solids, and purity of top and bottom products. The fluidisation phenomenon was observed through pressure drop measurements and the liquid velocity range for the classification of solids was identified. Correlations are proposed for the entrainment rate of solids, and purity of top and bottom products. When solid particles are in a fluid-like state, there exists an equilibrium between released flotsam component and residual jetsam component at steady state. © 2019, © 2019 Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Continuous segregation of homogeneous binary mixture of solids by a liquid fluidised bed classifier

Studies on the influence of feed entry on segregation using continuous fast fluidization is not clearly understood even though studies are available on the segregation of particles in continuous bubbling/turbulent fluidized beds. In the present study, four different feed inlet positions are selected and tested in a 69 mm ID and 3.65 m height continuous fast fluidized bed. The feed is a binary mixture of solid particles of the same size, but different density. The inimitable observations noticed at various feed locations on fluidization behavior with segregation is discussed. Change in the feed inlet height of the fluidized bed is reflected drastically on the compositions of top and bottom products. Disparate behavior of continuous fluidization is noticed at selected feed inlet positions. Operation is not stable due to either particle congestion in the feeding line or nonuniform discharge of solids from the fluidized bed when the feed inlet position is located close to distributor. Further an enhanced-feed inlet location created a particles cloud above the dense phase. Excess of feed inlet height transformed the binary mixture severance and freeboard height. The optimum operating gas velocity required for maximum separation of both species is identified at every feed entry for different feed rates. A unique feed entry location is recognized for maximum separation of both the species and minimum gas. © 2011 American Chemical Society.

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Influence of feed entry on the segregation of a binary mixture of solids in a continuous fast fluidized bed

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

Analysis of Particle Segregation and Intermixing in Solid−Liquid Fluidized Beds

AIChE Journal

Segregation of fluidized binary mixtures of granular solids

Powder Technology

Mixing and segregation of binary mixtures of particles in liquid–solid fluidized beds

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Applications of Liquid-Solid Fluidization

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