In this study, wet particle flow behaviors were investigated in a spouted bed using numerical simulations and experiments. Effects of liquid contents and viscosities were investigated. For the experiment, instantaneous particle distribution and particle velocity distributions were explored. Liquid content and viscosity affected flow pattern together. Keeping increasing liquid content and viscosity, the flow pattern displayed flow instabilities, and the gas channel became curved. Numerical simulation results of time-averaged particle velocities agreed well with the experimental data. The regime map of domination forces is shown. Drag force has little effect on particle flow behaviors with liquid viscosity exceeding 10 mPa·s, and contact and liquid bridge forces were almost 50–50. Furthermore, effects of liquid content and viscosity on particle granular temperature and velocity were explored. The experimental and numerical simulation results might provide theoretical guidance for reactor design and further investigation on particle flow behaviors with cohesive liquid.
For Pickering emulsifying effect, starch must be subjected to the pretreatments of acid hydrolysis, esterification, which are complicated and eco-unfriendly. In this study, a practical and green strategy to fabricate Pickering emulsion gels with dihydromyricetin (DMY)/high-amylose corn starch (HCS) composite particles was introduced for the first time. The DMY content in composite particles and the amount of addition of composite particles had obvious synergistic effect on the formation and properties of emulsion gels. The obtained emulsion gels were not sensitive to ionic strength, which could be attributed to emulsifying capacity and viscosity effect of composite particles. The spectral analysis confirmed the presence of DMY/amylose host-guest supramolecules. The molecular simulation of the supramolecular complexes in the oil-water system indicated that these complexes could spontaneously aggregate and anchor to the oil-water interface, reducing the interfacial tension. Based on experimental and theoretical results, the multi-scale relationship of “molecular interaction–particle characteristics–gel properties” was established.