Residence Time Distribution of Solids in a Fluidized Bed

Abstract

Abstract Experimental investigation on RTD of solids is carried out in a single‐stage fluidized bed provided with an internal, using uniformly sized particles and a binary solid mixture, varying gas flow rate, solids rate, bed height, dilution and the bed geometry. The effect of these variables on first and second moments as well as on F‐curves has been determined. Using a binary solid mixture or an internal inside the bed is found to reduce backmixing of solids. The data is fitted to FTEM and the values of N obtained were compared for different variables.