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-up
Pressure and Temperature Effects in Fluid-Particle Systems
Heat Transfer in Fluidized Beds
Gas Distributor and Plenum Design in Fluidized Beds
Engineering and Applications of 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 Systems
Dense Phase Conveying
Design Considerations of Long-Distance Pneumatic Transport and Pipe Branching
Cyclone Design
Electrostatics and Dust Explosions in Powder Handling
Acknowledgment
References
Index