Heat transfer and pressure drop in fluidized bed cooling tower

Experimental investigation has been carried out on a counter flow three-phase fluidized bed cooling tower (FBCT) with different static bed heights. The efficient static bd height for the present tower is found to be between 11 cm and 13 cm. The pressure drop observed is in the order of 0.6 mm of water column per cm of static bed height within the range of parameters investigated. © 1992 Springer-Verlag.