Our pilot plant group wishes to insert a fluidized bed reactor in one of the tail gas streams from
their new pilot plant. We have such a reactor in our laboratory which could be used to study the
operating characteristics of the bed.
Please investigate the relationship between superficial vapor velocity, pressure drop across the
bed, and bed height.
Obtain data in the flow regions usually associated with fluidized beds. Be sure to record the
minimum fluidizing velocity and to compare this value to the value predicted by theoretical
correlations.