The solids flow in the riser of a Circulating Fluidised Bed (CFB) viewed by Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT)

M van de Velden, Jan Baeyens, Jonathan Seville, Xianfeng Fan

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Abstract

Circulating Fluidised Beds (CFB) are attracting increasing interest for both gas-solid and gas-catalytic reactions, although the operating modes in these two cases are completely different. In modelling CFBs as reactors, the solids residence time is an important parameter. Previous studies mostly assess operations at moderate values of the solids circulation rates (
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)290-296
Number of pages7
JournalPowder Technology
Volume183
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Sept 2008

Keywords

  • Circulating Fluidised Bed
  • Positron tracking
  • PEPT
  • velocities
  • tracer
  • core flow

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