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Quantifying Mixing using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Published on: January 25, 2012
Real-time measurement of bubbling phenomena in a three-dimensional gas-fluidized bed using ultrafast magnetic
C R Müller1, J F Davidson, J S Dennis
1Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3RA, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
Ultrafast magnetic resonance imaging has been applied for the first time to measure simultaneously both the rise velocities and coalescence of bubbles, and the dynamics of the solid phase in a gas-solid two-phase flow. Here, we consider the hydrodynamics within a gas-fluidized bed of particles of diameter 0.5 mm contained within a column of internal diameter 50 mm; gas velocities in the range of 0.18-0.54 m/s were studied. The data are of sufficient temporal and spatial resolution that bubble size and the evolution of bubble size and velocity following coalescence events are determined.

