Fluid Bed Technology In Materials Processing

This comprehensive text examines various aspects of fluidization engineering, elaborating on applications in materials processing and bioengineering. Chapters discuss the basics of fluidization ; applications in the extraction and processing of minerals, metals, and materials ; fluidization in the nuclear fuel cycle ; plasma fluid beds and electrothermal fluidized beds ; design of fluidized bed reactors ; and new techniques, such as magnetically stabilized fluidized beds and compartmented fluidized beds. Features Analyzes, for the first time, fluidization in nuclear engineering and nuclear fuel cycle. Evaluates new and advanced type fluidized beds in materials processing, bioengineering, and downstream. Processing. Introduces the fundamental principles and applications of fluidization engineering. Discusses design aspects and modeling, incorporating distributor effects and flow regimes. Presents a spectrum of industrial applications with examples in extraction and process metallurgy. Describes high-temperature advanced fluidized bed reactors.