Principles of Gas-Solid Flows

Discusses fundamental principles of gas-solid flows and their applications, and includes numerous examples and homework problems.

Liang-Shih Fan (Author), Chao Zhu (Author)

9780521021166, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 13 October 2005

576 pages, 226 b/w illus. 120 tables
24.5 x 16.9 x 2.9 cm, 0.902 kg

'This is a well-written book on gas-solid flows written from the particle technology perspective. It provides a well-illustrated, integrated, and authoritative account of the basic principles that include the essential physics underlying gas-solid flows. It also contains excellent classical and state-of-the-art material on applications of gas-solid flow systems. It is recommended as a textbook for teaching graduate students and advanced graduate students who have good mathematical backgrounds, including vector analysis and partial differential equations. Because of its depth, breadth, and clarity, the book would also be valuable for practitioners and research scientists working in the gas-solid flow area as a primary reference source.' Jaikrishnan R. Kadambi, International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Gas-solid flows are involved in numerous industrial processes and occur in various natural phenomena. This authoritative book addresses the fundamental principles that govern gas-solid flows and the application of these principles to various gas-solid flow systems. The book is arranged in two parts: Part I deals with basic relationships and phenomena, including particle size and properties, collision mechanics, momentum transfer, heat and mass transfer, basic equations, and intrinsic phenomena in gas-solid flows. Part II discusses gas-solid flow systems of industrial interest such as gas-solid separators, hoppers and standpipes, dense-phase fluidised beds, fluidised beds, pneumatic conveying systems, and heat and mass transfer in fluidisation systems. As a comprehensive text on gas-solid flows, including end-of-chapter problems, this book is aimed at graduate students, but will also be useful to a broad range of engineers and applied scientists.

Part I. Basic Relationships: 1. Size and properties of particles
2. Collision mechanics of solids
3. Momentum transfer and charge transfer
4. Basic heat and mass transfer
5. Basic equations
6. Intrinsic phenomena in a gas-solid flow
Part II. System Characteristics: 7. Gas-solid separation
8. Hopper and stand pipe flows
9. Dense-phase fluidized beds
10. Circulating fluidized beds
11. Pneumatic conveying of solids
12. Heat and mass transfer phenomena in fluidization systems
Appendix
Summary of scalar, vector, and tensor notations.

Subject Areas: Flow, turbulence, rheology [TGMF3]