Abstract: A mathematical model for the fluidization of polydisperse suspensions is developed. The stationary concentration configurations for a given fluidizing velocity are analyzed and a mixing condition for bed inversion is derived. A central finite difference scheme is applied to the simulation of a bidisperse suspension. The numerical simulations agree with the experimentally reported qualitative behaviour of fluidized suspensions such as bed expansion and bed inversion.
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