Analogy between momentum and heat transfer in liquid-solid fluidized beds

Abstract

Wall-to-bed heat transfer in particulate fluidized beds of spherical particles was studied. Experiments were performed using spherical glass particles of 0.80-2.98 mm in diameter with water in a 25.4 mm I.D. copper tube equipped with a steam jacket. Heat transfer data related to the fluid-particle interphase drag coefficient were obtained and compared with previous results for wall-to-bed mass transfer in fluidized beds [Bogkovit et aL, Powder Technol., 79 (1994) 217]. All the data for momentum, heat and mass transfer in particulate fluidized beds of spherical particles, showed the existence of an analogy among these three phenomena.