This video shows a Jet Spouted Bed circulating golf balls. Most people have played with a golf ball, and may have a sense for the power required to juggle a dozen balls. A typical fluidized bed can circulate sand and other smaller-particulate bed materials. Whereas, a Conical Spouted Bed has the ability to circulate much larger materials. Golf balls are particularly difficult to fluidize because their aerodynamic shape is intended to minimize wind resistance. Therefore, golf balls are not moved around by gases very easily. On the other hand, a Jet Spouted Bed provides the explosive gas-pulses that are powerful enough to circulate two dozen golf balls simultaneously. Likewise, the Spouted Bed is ideal for thermal processing of heterogeneous waste materials.
