Hydrodynamics in a Liquid Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed–A Review

Abstract

In this study, the liquid-solid circulating fluidised bed and its performance at various operating conditions were critically reviewed. Hydrodynamic includes pressure drop across the bed, phase hold up distribution, flow regime, flow structure of each phase and solid circulation rate. Detailed analysis of the axial and radial solid distributions, average solid holdup, solid circulation rate, critical transitional velocity for solid at different densities and fluids at various viscosities was discussed. The effect of increasing the liquid viscosity during the heat and mass transfer phenomena in LSCFB has to be studied extensively as the industrial processing fluids are highly viscous. Solid Circulating Fluidized bed. Specialized in studies relating to hydrodynamics in a packed and circulating fluidized bed. Designed and fabricated column for two phases and three phase systems. Focusing on the application of LSCFB for biosorption of heavy metals, Phenol recovery, Industrial effluent bio degradation etc.L. Muruganandam, a chemical engineer working in the area of shock wave applications in Bio and Chemical engineering process. Specialized in membrane development, design and fabrication of Circulating Fluidized bed for environmental treatment like bio-sorption, physical separation of heavy metals, oil impurities from produced water. The research on biodegradation of perchlorate leads to isolation of several species had 9 GEN Publications.