Holdup in vertical two and three phase flow Part II: Experimental investigation

Abstract

Abstract Experimental data on air‐water‐glass beads system flowing cocurrently and countercurrently in a vertical column 1.5‐in. ID and 5‐ft. long at 1 atm. and room temperature are presented. The ranges of variables studied were: superficial gas velocity 0 to 2.55 cm/sec upward, superficial liquid velocity 7.6 cm/sec downward to 32.2 cm/sec upward, input solid concentration in the the slurry 0 to 6% by volume and the mean diameter of solid particles 0.0118 and 0.0059‐in. All flows involving gas were in the bubbly regime. The experimental data were in good agreement with the theory presented in Part 1.