Heat conduction during contact between a heat transfer surface and fluidizing particles, a phenomenon which is one of the effective heat transfer mechanisms in a gassolid fluidized bed, has been empirically investigated. The temperature profile of the fluidizing particles during the contact period is visualized with the aid of an infrared imager. The visualization reveals that the particles have been considerably heated in the thermal boundary layer on the heat transfer surface before contact. Based on the visualized temperature profile of the particles, the contact conductance between a fluidizing particle and the heat transfer surface is estimated by an in inverse analysis. Using the evaluated contact conductance, the contributions of the conductive heat transfer to the total heat transfer are also evaluated.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.