Particle-to liquid mass transfer in gas-liquid-solid fluidization

TLDR: In this paper, the effects of particle size and liquid and gas flow rates on the solid-to-liquid mass transfer coefficient, Ks, in all the systems were investigated and the mass transfer coefficients were well correlated by the following equation proposed by Ohashi et al. in a packed bed with single liquid flow.

Abstract: Mass transfer from solid particles to liquid in gas-liquid-solid fluidization was experimentally investigated by means of an electrochemical method with 7-9 particle electrodes fixed at various radial positions in a column of 82.9 mm i.d. Supplementary measurements were also conducted for the solid-to-liquid mass transfer in single liquid flow, gas-liquid two-phase upflow and liquid-solid fluidization. The effects of particle size and liquid and gas flow rates on the solid-to-liquid mass transfer coefficient, Ks, in all the systems were investigated and the mass transfer coefficient was well correlated by the following equation proposed by Ohashi et al. for Ks in a packed bed with single liquid flow. Shs = 2 + O.51(E1/3dp4/3/V1)0.06Sc1/3where E is the energy dissipation rate per unit mass of liquid, dp the particle diameter, vl the kinematic viscosity of liquid, Shs the Sherwood number and Sc the Schmidt number. The value of E was expressed by the sum of the kinetic energy supply terms due to viscous drag force across a particle and to gas agitation.