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| Author(s): |
Oliveira, Vinicius P. S.
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Borges, Danilo S.
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Franklin, Erick M.
Total Authors: 3
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Physics of Fluids; v. 35, n. 9, p. 9-pg., 2023-09-01. |
| Abstract | |
Fluidization of solid particles by an ascending fluid is frequent in industry because of the high rates of mass and heat transfers achieved. However, in some cases, blockages occur and hinder the correct functioning of the fluidized bed. In this paper, we investigate the crystallization (defluidization) and refluidization that take place in very-narrow solid-liquid fluidized beds under steady flow conditions. For that, we carried out experiments where either monodisperse or bidisperse beds were immersed in water flows whose velocities were above those necessary for fluidization, and the ratio between the tube and grain diameters was smaller than 6. For monodisperse beds consisting of regular spheres, we observed that crystallization and refluidization alternate successively along time, which we quantify in terms of macroscopic structures and agitation of individual grains. We found the characteristic times for crystallization and propose a new macroscopic parameter quantifying the degree of bed agitation. The bidisperse beds consisted of less regular spheres placed on the bottom of a layer of regular spheres (the latter was identical to the monodisperse beds tested). We measured the changes that macroscopic structures and agitation of grains undergo and show that the higher agitation in the bottom-layer hinders crystallization of the top layer. Our results bring new insights into the dynamics of very-narrow beds, in addition to proposing a way of mitigating defluidization. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 18/14981-7 - Modeling of dense granular flows: experiments, numerical simulations and stability analyses |
| Grantee: | Erick de Moraes Franklin |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants - Phase 2 |
| FAPESP's process: | 22/01758-3 - Turbulent flow interacting with dense granular media: perturbations on the flow structure |
| Grantee: | Danilo da Silva Borges |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |
| FAPESP's process: | 20/00221-0 - Solid-liquid fluidized beds: fluid flow, grain dynamics and pattern formation |
| Grantee: | Vinícius Pereira da Silva Oliveira |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct) |