Fluidization
of fine fluorite particles, classified as Geldart
A/C particles, was studied at ambient/high temperatures by experiments.
Results showed that fine fluorite particles could not be fully fluidized
at ambient temperatures, due to the agglomeration phenomenon. What’s
worse, due to the great increase of van der Waals forces with the
increasing temperature, the fluidization quality was further depressed
and they were totally defluidized at 723 K unless the loose gases
were used during the heating process. In order to improve the fluidization
quality, an enhancement method of adding cohesive calcium sulfate
particles was established. The best improvements at ambient/high temperatures
both appeared when the addition fraction was 20 wt %. Moreover, theoretical
analysis showed that the effect mechanism of a calcium sulfate particle
was the “coordination” theory. According to the “coordination”
theory, the optimum addition fraction of calcium sulfate particles
was calculated as 16.5 wt %–22.4 wt %, which agreed well with
the experimental results.