Fluidised Particles

Presents the theoretical background to the behaviour of fluidised beds in a form suitable for teachers and students of chemical engineering.

J. F. Davidson (Author)

9780521047890, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 2 January 1963

172 pages
24 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.5 kg

This book presents the theoretical background to the behaviour of fluidised beds in a form suitable for teachers and students of chemical engineering and for designers of process plant. It is important because it approaches the subject from first principles of fluid mechanics to problems of a truly chemical engineering nature. At all stages the theoretical treatment is directly related to experiment. Such a synthesis, much of which is based on recent research work by the authors and others, should also help to guide designers in the scaling-up of experimental work on small apparatus to pilot and production plant.

Preface
Symbols and notation
1. The fluidised state
2. The rise and coalescenece of bubbles in fluidised beds
3. The formation of bubbles in fluidised beds
4. The exchange between the bubble and particulate phases
5. The stability of bubbles in fluidised beds
6. The fluidised bed as a catalytic reactor
Appendix A1. Irrotational motion past a cylinder or sphere
Appendix A2. Percolation of fluid through a void in a particle bed
Appendix B. The pressure recovery in the wake below a spherical-cap bubble
Appendix C. Diffusion from the curved surface of a spherical-cap bubble
Bibliography
Index of authors
General index.

Subject Areas: Engineering: general [TBC]