Spouted and spout-fluid beds : fundamentals and applications

Preface Common nomenclature 1. Introduction N. Epstein and J. Grace 2. Initiation of spouting X. Bi 3. Empirical and analytical hydrodynamics N. Epstein 4. Computational fluid dynamic modeling of spouted beds X. Bao, W. Du and J. Xu 5. Conical spouted beds M. Olazar, J. Bilbao and M. J. San Jose 6. Hydrodynamics of spout-fluid beds W. Zhong, B. Jin, M. Zhang and R. Xiao 7. Spouted and spout-fluid beds with draft tubes M. H. Morgan, III, H. Littman, Z. B. Grbavcic and J. D. Paccione 8. Particle mixing and segregation G. Rovero and N. Piccinini 9. Heat and mass transfer A. Kmiec and S. Englart 10. Powder-particle spouted beds T. Ishikura and H. Nagashima 11. Drying of particulate solids M. L. Passos, E. F. Costa, Jr and A. S. Mujumdar 12. Drying of solutions, slurries and pastes J. T. Freire, M. C. Ferreira and F. B. Freire 13. Granulation and particle coating S. C. S. Rocha and O. P. Taranto 14. The Wurster coater J. Seville, S. Palmer and A. Ingram 15. Gasification, pyrolysis and combustion A. P. Watkinson and A. Lisboa 16. Spouted bed electrochemical reactors J. W. Evans and V. Jiricny 17. Scale-up, slot-rectangular and multiple spouting J. Grace and C. J. Lim 18. Mechanical spouting T. Szentmarjay, E. Pillai and Judit Toth 19. Catalytic reactors and their modeling G. Rovero and N. Piccinini 20. Liquid and liquid-gas spouting Z. B. Grbavcic, H. Littman and M. H. Morgan, III Index.