Handbook of Fluidization and Fluid-Particle Systems

ISBN-13: 9780824702595 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 1868 str.

Wen-Ching Yang; Yang Yang; Wen-Ching Yang

Opis

This reference details particle characterization, dynamics, manufacturing, handling, and processing for the employment of multiphase reactors, as well as procedures in reactor scale-up and design for applications in the chemical, mineral, petroleum, power, cement and pharmaceuticals industries.

Spis treści

Particle characterization and dynamics. Flow through fixed beds. Bubbling fluidized beds. Elutriation and entrainment. Effect of temperature and pressure. Gas distributor and plenum design in fluidized beds. Effect of internal tubes and baffles. Attrition. Modelling. Heat transfer. Mass transfer. General approaches to reactor design. Fluidized bed scaleup. Applications for fluid catalytic cracking. Applications for gasifiers and combustors. Applications for chemical production and processing. Applications for coating and granulation. Applications for fluidized bed drying. Circulating fluidized beds. Other nonconventional fluidized beds. Standpipes and nonmechanical valves. Cyclone separators. Dilute phase pneumatic conveying. Electrostatics in pneumatic conveying. Instrumentation and measurements. Liquid-solids fluidization. Gas-liquid-solid three-phase fluidization. Liquid-solids separation.

O autorze

Wen-Ching Yang is Advisory Engineer, Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The author, coauthor, editor or coeditor of numerous journal articles, book chapters and books, he holds 11 patents and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and a member of the American Chemical Society. The recipient of the Fluor Daniel Lectureship Award in Fluidization (2000) and the Dow Chemical Fluidized Processes Recognition Award (1993), Dr. Yang received the B.S. degree (1962) in chemical engineering from the National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, the M.S. degree (1965) in chemical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Ph.D. degree (1968) from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.