Overview
- Provides insightful analyses of fluidization processes in current industrial plants
- Motivates the choice of fluidized beds in many different chemical process industries
- Includes a chapter on the history of fluidization
- Written by two most renowned experts in the field
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Particle Technology Series (POTS, volume 26)
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About this book
The fluidized-bed reactor is the centerpiece of industrial fluidization processes. This book focuses on the design and operation of fluidized beds in many different industrial processes, emphasizing the rationale for choosing fluidized beds for each particular process. The book starts with a brief history of fluidization from its inception in the 1940’s. The authors present both the fluid dynamics of gas-solid fluidized beds and the extensive experimental studies of operating systems and they set them in the context of operating processes that use fluid-bed reactors.
Chemical engineering students and postdocs as well as practicing engineers will find great interest in this book.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Paola Lettieri, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Vice Dean in the Faculty of Engineering Sciences at UCL, heads the fluidization group and is internationally recognized for her expertise on the prediction and control of fluidized beds at process conditions. Recipient of two prestigious fellowships from the Royal Academy of Engineering, her work has a strong emphasis on industrial applications and has contributed to the development and operation of industrial processes in the petrochemical, chemical, energy-from-waste and nuclear sectors. Prior to her academic career, Paola Lettieri worked in fluidization at the BP Chemicals Research Centre in Sunbury. She is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fluidized-Bed Reactors: Processes and Operating Conditions
Authors: John G. Yates, Paola Lettieri
Series Title: Particle Technology Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39593-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-39591-3Published: 10 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81919-8Published: 14 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-39593-7Published: 27 September 2016
Series ISSN: 1567-827X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 205
Number of Illustrations: 59 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Fluid- and Aerodynamics, Waste Management/Waste Technology