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The Ups and Downs of Gas-Solid Flow - A Review

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Fluidization

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The scope of this review is confined to (i) upflow of particulate solids in a tube as occurs in vertical pneumatic conveying and riser-reactors; and (ii) downflow of particulate solids in a vertical standpipe. The aims are to present a personal view on the status of knowledge of the subjects in a structured framework and to indicate areas where further work is warranted. No attempt has been made to report all works published on the subjects and to present the conflicting conclusions reached by all the workers.

The scope of the present review does not extend to horizontal gas-solid flow — a much less well understood subject. A recent review by Knowlton (1979) covers all aspects of gas-solid flow including horizontal conveying. Nor does the present paper touch on elutriation of fine particles from a fluidized bed. A comprehensive review of this subject was recently reported by Matsen (1979). This is an area with active research in progress as indicated by the papers presented at the 1979 Annual AIChE meeting in San Francisco and here at Henniker.

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Leung, L.S. (1980). The Ups and Downs of Gas-Solid Flow - A Review. In: Grace, J.R., Matsen, J.M. (eds) Fluidization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1045-7_2

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