On The Transition From Homogeneous To Bubbling Fluidization

The onset of the aggregative mode of liquid-solid fluidization was explored. The experimental findings were interpreted by means of the dynamic (elastic) wave velocity and the voidage propagation (continuity) wave velocity. For widely different systems, the mapping of regimes has been presented in terms of the Archimedes number, the Froude number and the fluid-solid density ratio. The proposed diagram also depicts the typical Geldart's Group A particles fluidized with air.