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Design Aspects of Industrial Fluidized Bed Reactors. Research Needs. Selected Subjects

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Chemical Reactor Design and Technology

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSE,volume 110))

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Part A gives general guidelines for the design of large commercial fluidized bed reactors with respect to the following aspects: (1) solids’ properties and their effect on the quality of fluidization; (2) bubble size control through small solid particle size or baffles; (3) particle recovery by means of cyclones; (4) heat transfer tubes; (5) solids circulation systems; (6) instrumentation, corrosion and erosion, mathematical models, pilot plants and scale-up techniques.

Part B presents a synthesis of the literature available on selected subjects of primary importance to the design of fluidized bed reactors. Correlations and models for the prediction of the minimum fluidization and bubbling conditions, the expansion and voidage of fluidized beds, the size and velocity of gas bubbles are thus presented. Correlations and models to characterize entrainment of solids from fluidized beds and to provide guidelines for the design of gas distributors are also reviewed.

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Bergougnou, M.A., Briens, C.L., Kunii, D. (1986). Design Aspects of Industrial Fluidized Bed Reactors. Research Needs. Selected Subjects. In: de Lasa, H.I. (eds) Chemical Reactor Design and Technology. NATO ASI Series, vol 110. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4400-8_9

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