RT Journal Article T1 Experimental observations on the different mechanisms for solid ejection in gas-fluidized beds A1 Almendros Ibáñez, José Antonio A1 Sánchez-Delgado, Sergio A1 Sobrino, Celia A1 Santana Santana, Domingo José AB This work presents an experimental study of the ejection velocity for different mechanisms of solid ejection in fluidized beds. The experiments were carried out in a 2D fluidized bed, where the bubble eruptions were recorded with a frequency of 250 frames per second using a high speed video camera with a resolution of 1.3 Megapixels. The results show that in isolated bubble eruption, the dome velocity is significantly reduced by the effect of a group of raining particles in the form of stalactites within the bubble. Higher velocities are observed when bubble coalescence takes place. If bubbles coalesce before the leading bubble breaks, the momentumof the trailing bubble together with the increase in the throughflowaccelerate the dome of the leading bubble. In contrast, when coalescence occurs after the breakage of the leading bubble, the wake of the trailing bubble is projected into the freeboard with a very high velocity (wake spike mechanism). The last observed mechanism, the jet spike mechanism, occurs when a stream of bubbles reaches the bed surface following the path opened by the previous bubbles. A cloud of particles moving upward is observed, although their velocities are not as high as in thewake spike mechanism due to the interchange of momentum during the collisions with other particles. Finally, an explanation for some of the patterns of gas release from erupting bubbles recently observed by Hartung et al. [G. Hartung, C.R. Müller, J. Hult, J.S. Dennis, C.F. Kaminski, Laser diagnostic investigation of the bubble eruption patterns in the freeboard of fluidized beds. 1. Optimization of acetone planer laser induced fluorescence measurements. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 47 (2008) 5686–5697] is proposed PB Elsevier SN 0255-2701 YR 2009 FD 2009-03 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/13512 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/13512 LA eng NO This work has been supported by the National Energy Programmeof the Spanish Ministry of Education under the projectnumber ENE2006-01401 DS e-Archivo RD 19 may. 2024