VALVERDE MILLÁN , José Manuel

Experimental measurements are reported on the tensile yield stress of magnetofluidized beds of fine magnetic powders operated in the cross-flow configuration. In the absence of externally applied magnetic field the yield stress of the powder depends on particle size as expected, i.e., it increases as bead size is decreased. This trend is...

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The Geldart's diagram, which was originally based on empirical observations on beds fluidized by air at ambient conditions, has been routinely used to predict the type of gas-fluidization expected for a granular material. However, the Geldart's diagram, based on particle size and density, is not currently a useful tool to predict the...

This work reports an in situ XRD analysis of whether the calcination/carbonation behavior of natural limestone (CaCO3) is affected by the addition of H2O to the calciner at a very low concentration under relevant Calcium-Looping (CaL) conditions for CO2 capture in coal fired power plants (CFPP) and Thermochemical Energy Storage (TCES) in...

Fine particles agglomerate in the fluidized state due to the strength of interparticle attractive forces as compared to particle weight. Interparticle adhesion can be largely increased by consolidation stresses applied during powder handling. As a consequence, fragments of the consolidated powder may persist when the powder is fluidized, which...

This work reports a novel in situ XRD analysis on the multicycle calcination/carbonation of natural limestone and dolomite at relevant conditions for thermochemical energy storage (TCES) in concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. The experiments allow analysing noninvasively the time evolution of the different phases involved in the Calcium...

We explore the role of gas viscosity in the behavior of gas-fluidized beds of fine powders by means of experimental measurements using nitrogen and neon as fluidizing gases, and theoretical considerations. The existence of a nonbubbling fluidlike regime has been recently observed in beds of fine powders fluidized with nitrogen. Our experiments...

La presente invención tiene por objeto un procedimiento de adsorción de CO2 que consiste en hacer pasar un flujo de gas con una concentración determinada de CO2 a través de un lecho de polvo dispuesto sobre una placa porosa en una cámara de fluidización,

Nanoparticles (NPs) are applied in a wide range of processes, and their use continues to increase. Fluidization is one of the best techniques available to disperse and process NPs. NPs cannot be fluidized individually; they fluidize as very porous agglomerates. The objective of this article is to review the developments in nanopowder...