the local solid flow structure of gas-solid bubbling fluidized bed was investigated to identify and characterize the particle clusters. extensive mathematical calculations were carried out using the energy-minimization multi-scale (emms) approach for evaluating cluster properties including the velocity, the size and the void fraction of clusters in the dense phase of the bed. the results showed...

in this paper, the development of a new potassium carbonateon alumina support sorbent prepared byimpregnating k2co3 with an industrial grade of al2o3 support was investigated. the co2 capturecapacity was measured using real flue gas with 8% co2 and 12% h2o in a fixed-bed reactor at atemperature of 65 °c using breakthrough curves. the developed sorbent showed an adsorptioncapacity of 66.2 mgco2/...

background and objective: reduced fat cheese often exhibits poor sensory quality due to the reduction of fat, which plays a critical role in flavor and texture. therefore, there is the challenge to produce a reduced fat cheese with improved sensory attributes and texture that is also comparable to its full-fat counterpart. the main objective of this research was to investigate the effect of dif...

Melosh [1996] has suggested that acoustic fluidization could provide an alternative to theories that are invoked as explanations for why some faults appear to be weak. We show that there is a subtle but profound inconsistency in the theory that unfortunately invalidates the results. We propose possible remedies but must acknowledge that the relevance of acoustic fluidization remains an open que...

Fluidization of nanoparticle agglomerates is a promising technique to process nanoparticles. However, possible elutriation small may cause significant loss bed material. To obtain the behavior under stable operation, in this study fraction silica measured vibro-fluidized bed, which operated for several hours. Among conditions with different fluidizing gas velocities, Ug, and vibration strength,...

We develop an analytical model for the thermal boundary conductance between a solid and a gas. By considering the thermal fluxes in the solid and the gas, we describe the transmission of energy across the solid/gas interface with diffuse mismatch theory. From the predicted thermal boundary conductances across solid/gas interfaces, the equilibrium thermal accommodation coefficient is determined ...

Using synchrotron grazing-incidence x-ray diffraction (GIXD) and reflectivity, the in-plane and out-of-plane structure of mixed ganglioside-phospholipid monolayers was investigated at the air-water interface. Mixed monolayers of 0, 5, 10, 20, and 100 mol% ganglioside GM(1) and the phospholipid dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DPPE) were studied in the solid phase at 23 degrees C and a surfa...

Heat transfer phenomena in batch fluidized bed dryer have been studied and analyzed using three phase model including solid phase, interstitial gas phase and bubble phase based on Rizzi model. New correlations of heat transfer coefficient to surrounding and convection heat transfer coefficient between solid and interstitial gas are being proposed. In addition, some modifications have been d...

The transient bubble behavior was experimentally investigated to fundamentally understand the transient motion of gas bubbles in freely bubbling fluidized beds, simulating the FBC systems. Due to the oversimplified traditional two phase flow model concepts developed and most of the related numerous experimental works from 1960s to 1980s, the transient bubble behaviors could not have received du...