Hydrodynamics of three-phase fluidization of homogeneous ternary mixture in a conical conduit - Experimental and statistical analysis

Experiments have been carried out to find the bed pressure drop, bed fluctuation and expansion ratios for ternary mixture of dolomite in a three-phase conical fluidized bed. The effect of superficial liquid and gas velocity, initial static bed height, average particle size, and cone angle on the three responses have been studied. Mathematical models have been developed for the responses using statistical analyses. The calculated values of the responses from the developed models have shown a very good agreement with the experimental ones.89