Abstract
In order to improve fluidization behavior, pulsed airflow was employed to break agglomeration and eliminate channeling in a fluidized bed with wet potash particles. The effects of pulsation frequency, pulsed air to continuous flow ratio (r), and inlet relative humidity of the air on bubbling behavior were investigated via an electrical capacitance tomography system. A frequency of 1.0 Hz and an r of 0.33 with 0.1 s opening time were found to be the optimum condition, leading to the lowest minimum fluidization velocity (umf) and generation of homogeneous bubbles in size and shape. A new theoretical model was developed to predict the umf of wet particles in a fluidized bed by considering both the liquid bridge force and resonant force resulting from the pulsation. Average absolute deviation percentage values between the predicted umf and the experimental data were 13.8 and 20.7 for the dry and wet particles, respectively, indicating good agreement.
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