Essentials of Fluidization Technology

Edited by John R. Grace Edited by Xiaotao Bi Edited by Naoko Ellis

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Extent: 632 pages

Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(April 2020)

ISBN: 9783527340644

6.69 x 9.61 inches

Price: $174.00

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A concise and clear treatment of the fundamentals of fluidization, with a view to its applications in the process and energy industries.

1 Introduction, History and Applications
John R. Grace
 
2 Properties, minimum fluidization and Geldart groups
John R. Grace
 
3 Liquid fluidization
Renzo Di Felice and Alberto Di Renzo
 
4 Gas fluidization flow regimes
Xiaotao Bi
 
5 Experimental investigation of fluidized bed systems
Naoko Ellis
 
6 Computational fluid dynamics and its application to fluidization
Tingwen Li and Yupeng Xu
 
7 Hydrodynamics of bubbling fluidization
John Grace
 
8 Slug flow
John Grace
 
9 Turbulent fluidization
Xiaotao Bi
 
10 Entrainment from bubbling and turbulent beds
Farzam Fotovat
 
11 Standpipes and return systems, separation devices and feeders
Ted M. Knowlton and S.B. Reddy Karri
 
12 Circulating fluidized beds
Chengxiu Wang and Jesse Zhu
 
13 Operating challenges
Poupak Mehrani and Andrew Sowinski
 
14 Heat and mass transfer
Dening Eric Jia
 
15 Catalytic fluidized-bed reactors
Andrés Mahecha-Botero
 
16 Fluidized beds for gas-solid reactions
Jaber Shabanian and Jamal Chaouki
 
17 Scale-up of fluidized beds
Naoko Ellis and Andrés Mahecha-Botero
 
18 Baffles and aids to fluidization
Yongmin Zhang
 
19 Jets in fluidized beds
Cedric Briens and Jennifer McMillan
 
20 Downer reactors
Changning Wu and Yi Cheng
 
21 Spouted (and spout-fluid) beds
Norman Epstein
 
22 Three-phase (gas-liquid-solid) fluidization
Dominic Pjonek, Adam Donaldson and Arturo Macchi

  • Edited by John R. Grace
  • Edited by Xiaotao Bi
  • Edited by Naoko Ellis