Abstract
The minimum bubbling velocity has been correlated from the results of experiments on 48 gas/solid systems and is a function of the density and viscosity of the fluidizing gas, the mean sieve size of the powder and the fraction of fines less than 45 μm. An improved equation is presented to predict U mb/U mf ; this parameter also correlates well with the maximum non-bubbling bed expansion ratio H mb/H mf which is used to calculate the maximum dense phase voidage ϵ mb . An equation based on the Carman-Kozeny theory can be used to predict bed voidages between incipient fluidization and bubbling. An accurate value of particle density is essential in these equations and a simple comparative method has been used to determine particle densities of fine porous powders.
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