Table 2 Experimental parameters.

From: Impact of a liquid spray on flow characteristics of carbonized slag in a hot fluidized bed

Parameters

Tested range

Units

Gas velocity

0.19, 0.25, 0.28, 0.32, 0.38

m/s

Bed temperature

480, 510, 540, 570

Height-to-diameter ratio

0.8, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.4

-

Solid-liquid ratio

0.15, 0.18, 0.20, 0.25, 0.30

g/ml

  1. The minimum fluidization velocity (umf) is derived from the correlation proposed by Pillai and Raja Rao24, as shown in Eq. (1):