Solid Fluidized Beds: Experimental Design and Preliminary Results

Electrostatic charges in gas-solid fluidized beds such as polyethylene production reactors cause reactor wall fouling. An experimental technique to examine this phenomenon, described previously (1-5), was extended to a pilot-scale system designed for higher pressures (25 atm) and temperatures (100 °C) that approach industrial conditions. This work presents the experimental setup and preliminary results