Fluidization, Solids Handling, and Processing

This volume, Fluidization, Solids Handling, and Processing, is the first of a series of volumes on "Particle Technology". Particles are important products of chemical process industries spanning the basic and specialty chemicals, agricultural products, pharmaceuticals, paints, dyestuffs and pigments, cement, ceramics, and electronic materials. Solids handling and processing technologies are thus essential to the operation and competitiveness of these industries. Fluidization technology is employed not only in chemical production, it also is applied in coal gasification and combustion for power generation, mineral processing, food processing, soil washing and other related waste treatment, environmental remediation, and resource recovery processes. The FCC (Fluid Catalytic Cracking) technology commonly employed in the modern petroleum refineries is also based on fluidization principles.

Fluidized Bed Scale-upPressure and Temperature Effects in Fluid-Particle SystemsHeat Transfer in Fluidized BedsGas Distributor and Plenum Design in Fluidized BedsEngineering and Applications of Recirculating and Jetting Fluidized BedsFluidized Bed Coating and GranulationAttrition in Fluidized Beds and Pneumatic Conveying LinesBubbleless FluidizationIndustrial Applications of Three-Phase Fluidization SystemsDense Phase ConveyingDesign Considerations of Long-Distance Pneumatic Transport and Pipe BranchingCyclone DesignElectrostatics and Dust Explosions in Powder HandlingAcknowledgmentReferencesIndex