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Gas/Slurry Flow in Coal-Liquefaction Processes (Fluid Dynamics in a Three-Phase-Flow Column).
Final Technical Report, 1 October 1979-31 March 1982 - 1982

Ying, David H.S.
Sivasubramanian, R.
Moujaes, Samir F.
Givens, E. N.

Air Products and Chemicals Inc.

Table of Contents

Summary iv
Section 1
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1.0

Objective 1
2.0

Introduction

2
3.0

Background

4
  3.1 

Gas/Liquid Flow

4
3.2 

Gas/Liquid-Solid Flow

9
3.3 

Solids Accumulation

11
3.4 

Data Needs for Dissolver Design

19
Section 2
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4.0 

Experimental Section

21
  4.1 

Program Plan

21
4.2 

Cold Flow Model Experiment

21
  4.2.1 

5-inch Diameter Column

21
4.2.2 

12-inch Diameter Column

23

4.3  

Experimental Procedures

31
  4.3.1

 Gas Holdup

31
4.3.2 

Liquid Dispersion

33
4.3.3 

Solid Dispersion

35
4.3.4

Solid Removal

36
4.3.5 

Particle/Particle Interaction

36
4.3.6 

Gas/Liquid Mass Transfer

37
Section 3
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5.0 

Results and Discussion

39
 

5.1 

Gas Holdup

39
  5.1.1 

Effect of Column Diameter

39
5.1.2 

Effect of Liquid Velocity

41
5.1.3 

Effect of Gas Velocity

41
5.1.4 

Effects of Solids

49
5.1.5 

Effect of Distributor (Entrance Effects)

52
Section 4
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5.1.6 

Effect of Physical Properties

74
5.1.7 

Correlations

76

5.2 

Liquid Dispersion

80
 

5.2.1 

Theoretical Background

80
 

5.2.1.1 

Batch Model 80
Section 5
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5.2.1.2 

Continuous Model 81

5.2.2 

Air/Water and Air/Water/Sand Systems

82
 

5.2.1.1

 Effect of Liquid Velocity 89

5.2.1.2 

Effect of Gas Velocity 93
5.2.3 

Nitrogen/Tetralin and Nitrogen/Tetralin/Sand Systems

96
Section 6
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5.2.4 

Nitrogen/Glycol-Water and Nitrogen/Glycol-Water/Sand Systems

112

5.3

Solid Dispersion

112
Section 7
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  5.3.1 

Theoretical Background

126
Section 8
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5.3.2 

Fine Particles (Batch 140/170 Mesh Glass Beads and 140 Minus Mesh Sand)

157
5.3.3 

Large Particles (Batch #60/70 Mesh Glass Beads and #60/80 Mesh Sand)

166
Section 9
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5.3.4 

Continuous Flow Solids Concentration

170
Section 10
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5.3.5 

Solid Dispersion Modelling

211

5.4 

Gas/Liquid  Mass Transfer

217
  5.4.1 

Gas/Liquid Two-Phase System

217
5.4.2 

Gas/Liquid/Solid Three-Phase System

221
5.5 

Solids Removal

224
5.6 

Particle/Particle Interaction

234

6.0 

References

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Appendix A 551kb

242

Appendix B 23kb

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Appendix C 158kb

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Appendix D 650kb

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