Lectureship Award Lecture: Wetting the Bed: Liquid Feed Injection and Dispersion in Fluidized Beds

The presentation will review the experimental and analytical techniques developed at the Institute for Chemicals and Fuels from Alternative Resources (ICFAR) for the characterization of the interaction between liquid feed jets and fluidized solid particles, especially in relation to the Fluid Coking™ technology for the upgrading of heavy oils extracted from the oil sands. The research and development work described will include the experimental methodologies developed using small scale simulated systems operated at room temperature as well as small scale fluid beds operating at reaction temperatures and large scale room temperature simulated systems employing full scale commercial nozzles.