EXPERIMENTAL AND SIMULATION STUDY ON PARTICLE CLUSTERING BEHAVIOR IN THE FAST FLUIDIZED BED

Fast fluidized bed is widely used in coal combustion and gasification, fluid catalytic cracking and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis due to its high efficiency in gas-solid reaction, heat and mass transfer. This study focuses on the investigation of cluster behavior in fast fluidised bed through both experimental and numerical simulation approaches, aiming to better understand the dynamics of the fast fluidised bed in a meso-scale and the repercussions of their behavior for the overall system efficiency.