Effect of the distributor plugging ways on fluidization quality and particle stratification in air dense medium fluidized bed

Gas-solid fluidized bed separation is a highly efficient and clean technique for coal separation,and can effectively remove ash and sulfur contained gangue minerals from coal.However,the fine coal plugging distributor often leads to uneven fluidization and affects the separation effect.In this paper,different plugging ways were designed to study their effects on the fluidization characteristics and particle mixing.It was found that when the plugging phenomenon occurs,the minimum fluidization velocity of the fluidized bed gradually decreases as the plugging area enlarges.The difference between the top and the bottom of the bed minimum fluidization velocity increases accordingly,and a“stagnation phenomenon”occurs in the bed.The standard deviation of pressure fluctuations at the top of the bed is smaller than that at the bottom of the bed,which is the opposite of normal conditions.As the area of the plugging increases,the dead zone on the side wall of the fluidized bed significantly increases.The size of the dead zone is rapid reducing at the initial stage.It was noticed that the stratification of the low-density products is particularly affected by plugging,whereas the stratification of high-density products is not obviously influenced by certain conditions.

Apparent viscosity of mixed particle system in pulsed gas-solid separation fluidized bed

The apparent viscosity reflects the resistance of the fluidized medium in the bed to the beneficiation particles,which directly affects the separation time and mismatch content.So,the falling-ball method was used to measure the apparent viscosity of a binary medium in a pulsed fluidized bed by varying the gas velocity,pulsation frequency,and fine particle content.The results show that with increasing gas velocity and fine particle content,the apparent viscosity of the bed gradually decreased,whereas it first decreased and then increased with pulsation frequency increasing and achieved a minimum value in the range of 4-6 Hz.Within limits,the adjustment of gas velocity and fine content can effectively reduce the apparent viscosity and improve the separation process.A model for predicting the apparent viscosity in a pulsation separation fluidized bed was established with good accuracy.