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 is 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. In this book, recognized experts have been invited to provide a detailed treatment of those industrially important subjects. The subject areas covered in this book were selected based on two criteria: (1) the subjects are of industrial importance, and (2) the subjects have not been covered extensively in books published to date. The primary emphasis of the book is for industrial applications and the primary audience is expected to be the practitioners of the art of fluidization, solids handling, and processing. It will be particularly beneficial for engineers who operate design plants where solids are handled, transported, and processed using fluidization technology. The book, however, can also be useful as a reference book for students, teachers, and managers who study particle technology, especially in the areas of application of fluidization technology and pneumatic transport. CONTENTS: Fluidized Bed Scale-up; Pressure and Temperature Effects in Fluid-Particle Systems; Heat Transfer in Fluidized Beds; Gas Distributor and Plenum Design in Fluidized Beds; Engineering and Application so Recirculating and Jetting Fluidized Beds; Fluidized Bed Coating and Granulation; Attrition in Fluidized Beds and Pneumatic Conveying Lines; Bubbleless Fluidization; Industrial Applications of Three-Phase Fluidization; Dense Phase Conveying; Design Considerations of Long-Distance Pneumatic Transport and Pipe Branching; Cyclone Design; Electrostatics and Dust Explosions in Powder Handling.
