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Flow characteristics of a spouted bed with a porous draft tube have been investigated experimentally. In this study, both a cylindrical tube and a conical–cylindrical tube were used as the draft tube. As a result, the efficiency of gas–solid contact and solids circulation rate in the bed were considerably improved by inserting a conical–cylindrical porous draft tube into the bed. Moreover, it was confirmed that the gas flow rate through the annulus reached nearly the level of a conventional spouted bed by using conical–cylindrical porous draft tube.

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The elutriation of fines from a spouted bed of fine and coarse particles has been studied. Equations for correlating elutriation rate coefficients are proposed. Three different regions associated with particle behavior have been identified in a way to permit calculation of elutriation rate at any column height. Measurements of cross‐sectionally averaged holdup of particles and local particle velocity have been used to interpret the decrease in elutriation rate along the freeboard. The known concept of a Transport Disengaging Height (T.D.H.) has been employed.