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Received February 9, 2001
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Slug Characteristics of Polymer Particles in a Fluidized Bed with Different Distributors

Department of Chemical Engineering and Energy & Environment Research Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
kimsd@kaist.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, May 2001, 18(3), 387-391(5), 10.1007/BF02699183
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Abstract

Pressure fluctuations in a fluidized bed (0.38 m-I.D.×4.4 m-high) of 1.23-mm polymer particles (LLDPE) were measured with different distributors. Slug characteristics (slug frequency and slug rising velocity) were determined by analyzing pressure fluctuations in the bed. The effects of gas velocity (0.6-1.2 m/s) and distributor geometry (opening area ratio, number of orifices and distributor types) on the slug characteristics were determined. The slug frequency decreases slightly with increasing gas velocity. However, slug rising velocity increases linearly with increasing excess fluidization velocity regardless of the distributors used.

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