Chapter 1 THE FLUIDIZED STATE
1.1 The Fluidized State and How It Is Achieved
1.2 Nature of Hydrodynamic Suspension
1.3 Particle-Particle Forces
1.4 Species of Fluidization
1.5 Regimization of the Fluidized State
Chapter 2 IDEALIZATION OF THE FLUIDIZING PROCESS: Empnal Deductions from L/S Systems
Chapter 3 GENERALIZED FLUIDIZATION
3.1 Steady-State Motion
3.2 Moving Bed
3.3 Accelerative Motion
3.4 Polydisperse Systems
3.5 Computer Software
Chapter 4 FLUIDIZED LEACHING AND WASHING
4.1 Characteristics
4.2 Uniform Particles
4.3 Mixed Particles
4.4 Experimental Findings
4.5 Staging
4.6 Rate Measurement for Solids Leaching and Washing
Chapter 5 SOLIDS MIXING AND SEGREGATION
5.1 Phase Juxtaposition
5.2 Operation ShiRs
5.3 Reversal Points
5.4 Degree of Segregation
5.5 Mixing-Segregation Equilibrium
5.6 Generalized Fluidization of Polydisperse Systems
Chapter 6 CONICAL FLUIDIZED BEDS
6.1 Phenomenological Description and Physical Modeling
6.2 The Basic Parameters
6.3 The Fully Fluidized State
6.4 With Hyperfluidized Fixed Bed
6.5 Ranges for Conical Fluidized Bed Operation
6.6 Charting Conical Fluidized Bed Operation and Experimental Verification
6.7 Instability
Chapter 7 APPLICATION OF THE MOVING BED
7.1 Moving Bed Uptransport with Compressible Media
7.2 The Pneumatically Controlled Downcomer
Chapter 8 BUBBLELESS GAS/SOLID CONTACTING
8.1 Bubbling Fluidization and G/S Contacting Efficiency
8.2 Species of Bubbleless G/S Contacting
Chapter 9 SYSTEMS WITH DILUTE RAINING PARTICLES
9.1 Raining-Particles Heat Exchanger
9.2 Polydisperse Particles
9.3 Experimental Verification
9.4 Baffling and Particles Distribution
9.5 Countercurrent Staging of Cocurrent Systems
9.6 Pilot Plant Demonstration i
Chapter 10 VOIDAGE DISTRIBUTION IN FAST FLUIDIZATION
10.1 Modeling Longitudinal Voidage Distribution
10.2 Evaluation of Parameters
10.3 Computing Voidage Distribution
10.4 Regime Diagram
10.5 Generalized Fluidization of Nonideal Systems
10.6 Radial Voidage Distribution
Chapter 11 SHALLOW FLUIDIZED BED
11.1 Relevant Work on Distributor
11.2 Fluid Flow above Distributor
11.3 Particle Behavior above Distributor
11.4 Assessment of Distributor Performance
11.5 Particle-Gas Transfer in Shallow Fluid Bed
11.6 Activated Solids Shallow Fluid Bed Heat Exchanger
11.7 Cocurrent Multi-Stage Shallow Fluid Bed
11.8 The co-MSFB as a Chemical Reactor
Chapter 12 FLUIDIZATION WITH NO NET FLUID FLOW
12.1 Levitation of Discrete Particles
12.2 Semi-Fluidization through Oscillatory Flow
12.3 Application to Pseudo Solid-Solid Reaction
Chapter 13 A COHERENT ANALYSIS FOR L/S AND G/S SYSTEMS
13.1 From Phenomena through Hypothesis to Modeling
13.2 The Multi-Scale Energy-Minimization Model
13.3 Charting Status Parameters
13.4 Reconciling L/S and G/S Systems
13.5 Regimes of Fluidization
Chapter 14 POWDER ASSESSMENT
14.1 Geldart's Classification
14.2 Powder Characterization by Bed Collapsing
14.3 Modeling the Three-Stage Bed Collapsing Process
14.4 Instrument for Automatic Surface Tracking and Data Processing
14.5 Qualitative Designation for Bed Collapsing
14.6 Quantifying Fluidizing Characteristics of Powders
14.7 Improving Fluidization by Particle Size Adjustment
14.8 Fluidizing Quality and Particle-Particle Interaction
14.9 Measure of Synergism for Binary Particle Mixtures
Chapter 15 FUTURE PROSPECTS
15.1 Basic Mechanism
15.2 Further Reconciliation between G/S and L/S Systems
15.3 Polydisperse Systems and Powder Design
15.4 Intensification of L/S Operations
15.5 Staged Operation
15.6 Existing and New L/S Processes
15.7 Examples of Opportunities for Bubbleless G/S Contacting
NOTATIONS
References
SUBJECT INDEX
ADDENDA
Chapter 16 FAST FLUIDIZATION AND ITS APPLICATIONS
16.1 Types of Fast Fluidized Bed
16.2 Gas-solid Flow in Riser
16.3 Gas-solid Flow in Downcomer
16.4 Applications of Fast Fluidization
References
Chapter 17 MAGNETOFLUIDIZATION
17.1 Types of Magnetofluidized Bed
17.2 Structure of Magnetofluidized Bed
17.3 Hydrodynamics of Magnetofluidization
17.4 Mixing Behaviors
17.5 Mass and Heat Transfer
17.6 Applications of Magnetofluidization
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