The fluidization characteristics of quartz sand and fluid catalytic crack (FCC) catalyst particles in six micro-fluidized beds with inner diameters of 4. 3, 5.5, 10.5, 15.5, 20.5, and 25.5 mm were investigated. The effects of bed diameter (D t ), static bed height (H s ), particles and gas properties on the pressure drop and minimum fluidization velocity (u mf ) were examined. The results show that the theoretical pressure drops of micro-fluidized beds deviated from the experimental values under different particles and gas properties. The possible reason is due to an increase in bed voidage under smaller bed diameters. The equations for conventional fluidized beds did not fit for micro-fluidized beds.
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