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The experiments have shown that a high level of electrical charging can be achieved in a fluidized bed of two resistive particle types; that bed stabilization rather than increased sensible heat transport dominates low frequency electric field effects on heat transfer with most bed loadings; and, hence, that applying an oscillatory potential difference between tubes or rods in a fluidized bed of two mutual contact-charging particle species gives reduced rather than improved heat transfer. Applying an oscillatory potential difference between rods in a bed of quartz particles fluidized alone did give improved heat transfer, however. With no electric field applied, most fluidized mixes were found to give higher heat transfer rates than the average of the values when each of the two species was fluidized alone. The high level of charging observed in some mixed beds may prove of interest for some air cleanup applications; the results show that simultaneous fluidization of pairs of bipolar charging materials of similar particle size is possible without excessive agglomeration. This would be important for air cleanup. |
