Fluid Bed Technology in Materials Processing (Hardcover)

Introduction
Fluidlike Behavior
Fluidization State
Advantages of Fluidized Bed
Disadvantages of Fluidized Bed
Properties of Particles and the Granular Bed
Particles
Granular Bed
Grouping of Gas Fluidization
Hydrodynamics Based Groups
Hydrodynamics and Thermal Properties Based Groups
Variables Affecting Fluidization
Varieties of Fluidization
Hydrodynamics of Two Phase Fluidization
Minimum Fluidization Velocity
Terminal Velocity
Flow Phenomena
Particulate and Aggregative Fluidization
Regimes of Fluidization
Three Phase Fluidization
Introduction
Classification
Hydrodynamics
Turbulent Contact Absorber (TCA)
Heat Transfer
Introduction
Groups
Models
Predictions of Heat Transfer Coefficient
Heat Transfer to Immersed Surfaces
Effects of Operating Variables
Heat Transfer in Liquid Fluidized Beds
Heat Transfer in Three Phase Fluidized Beds
Mass Transfer
Introduction
Mass Transfer Steps
Mass Transfer in Three Phase Fluidized Beds
End Zones
Grid Zone
Elutriation
References