Current worldwide commercial activities in converting natural gas to fuels and chemicals, or
gas-to-liquids technology use slurry bubble column reactors with column sizes considerable …

This article reports recent advances and progress in the field of electrical capacitance
volume tomography (ECVT). ECVT, developed from the two-dimensional electrical …

Fluidized bed has gained popularity in the renewable energy industry due to its superior
thermochemical conversion efficiency. Investigating the flow patterns inside the fluidized bed …

Abstract Transport Disengaging Height (TDH), defined as the freeboard height whereby the
entrainment rate does not change appreciably [1–6], is an important parameter in the design …

Dense solid–gas bubbling systems with combined fluid-particle motion are among one of
the most extensively used fluidization forms used in the chemical industry. Therefore, it is …

The discrete element method (DEM) is used to simulate three particle ejection mechanisms
in a two-dimensional (2D) bubbling fluidized bed. The aim of the study is to analyze the …

The present research aims to investigate the two-phase air/water flow in a vertical pipe using
an electrical resistance sensor and a high-speed camera. An electrical resistance sensor is …

A laser image system for studying bubble formation at the orifice submerged in liquid was
established. The process of bubble formation can be directly visualized and real-time …

Determination of complete fractional entrainment data is essential to improved
understanding of the effect of operating variables on entrainment from gas-solids fluidized …

For most applications of fluidized beds, the process, eg, the chemical reaction or the drying
process, takes place in the dense fluidized bed either completely or at least in major part …