Solids mixing in a down-flow circulating fluidized bed of 0.418-m in diameter

The axial and lateral solids mixing in a down-flow circulating fluidized bed of 0.418-m diameter was investigated by a pneumatic injection phosphor tracer technique (PIPTT). The axial and lateral solids dispersion were determined by measuring the solids RTD at same axial but different lateral positions using point sources for tracer injection. A two-dimensional dispersion model described the measured RTD curves satisfactorily. The results were compared to those obtained in the small scale downers and the scale-up effect was investigated. The axial solids Peclet number Pe(a) is around 110 and invariable with changing U-g, G(s), and epsilon(s), while the lateral solids Peclet number Pe(r) is linearly increasing with epsilon(s). And Pe(r) is found to decrease with the square root of inner diameter (ID) in comparison with the results obtained in small ID downers. Correlation of Pe(r), Pe(r)=(15+70.7 epsilon(s))D-0.5, is proposed. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.