An experimental study of spouting in large sector beds

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In a sector spouted bed, fluid is introduced into the bottom at the junction of two vertical walls, the bed forming a sector in horizontal cross‐section. The hydrodynamics of beds of 30° sector angle have been studied in equipment of radius up to 0.78 m. The spout radius is greater than would be predicted from standard correlations on small circular beds. The overall pressure drop can be less than 20% of that found for minimum fluidisation. The vertical pressure distribution is given approximately by a quarter cosine function. Minimum spouting velocity decreases with increasing size of bed, loss of spouting being caused by a decrease in fountain height followed by snuffing of the spout by annular solids.

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