Method of contacting fluids and solid particles
Abstract
Abstract A PROCESS FOR CONTACTING PARTICULATE SOLIDS INTIMATELY WITH LIQUID USING A REACTOR COMPRISING A CONTACT ZONE (1), A SEDIMENTATION ZONE (2) POSITIONED IN SERIES WITH THE CONTACT ZONE, AND AN OVERFLOW ZONE (3) POSITIONED ABOVE THE ZONES (1) AND (2) AND HAVING A CROSS SECTIONAL AREA LARGER THAN THAT OF THE CONTACT ZONE, WHEREIN THE CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF THE OVERFLOW ZONE AND THE SPEED OF FEEDING THE LIQUID UPWARDS FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF THE ZONE (1) ARE ADJUSTED TO PROPER VALUES, WHEREBY THE PARTICLES ARE FLUIDIZED IN ZONE (1) AND OVERFLOWED FROM ZONE (1); THE OVERFLOWING PARTICLES IMMEDIATELY BEGIN TO BE SEDIMENTED IN ZONE (3) WITHOUT FLUIDIZATION; AND THE SEDIMENTED PARTICLES RETURN FROM ZONE (2) TO ZONE (1) WITHOUT FORMING AN UNDISTURBED LAYER IN THE ZONE (2), IN WHICH THE PARTICULATE SOLIDS ARE DEPOSITED, AND THUS, THE LIQUID AND THE PARTICLES TOGETHER ARE CIRCULATED FROM ZONE (1) TO THE LOWER PORTION OF ZONE (3), ZONE (2), AND ZONE (1) IN THIS ORDER.
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- 👤 J Kubo
- 👤 Y Tajima
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