Gas-Liquid-Solid Fluidization: Perspectives

Abstract

Gas-liquid-solid (three-phase) fluidization systems encompass a variety of operating modes of gas, liquid and solid phases with solids in suspended states. Commercial or large-scale operations using three-phase fluidization systems are prevalent for physical, chemical, petrochemical, electrochemical and biological processings. This presentation highlights recent advances in this field with a specific focus on subjects concerning particle-particle interaction, liquid turbulence, particle-evaporative liquid droplet interaction, flow structure, high pressure effects, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD).