Fluidization Processes

1. Introduction
1.1 Packed bed and CSTR overview
1.2 Fluidized bed overview

2. Industrial application
2.1 Gasification
2.2 Pyrolysis
2.3 Combustion
2.4 Cracking
2.5 Chlorination
2.6 Polyolefins
2.7 Acrylonitrile
2.8 MTBE
2.9 Polycrystalline Silicon FBR
2.10 Chemical looping
2.11 Mining and metal recovery
2.12 Dryers and Heat Treaters

3. Gas-Solid Fluidization Regimes
3.1 Particle properties
3.2 Minimum fluidization
3.3 Bubbling fluidization
3.4 Turbulent fluidization
3.5 Fast-fluidization
3.6 Transport beds

4. Jets

5. Bubbles
5.1 Bubble size
5.2 Bubble rise velocity
5.3 Bubble volume fraction
5.4 Measuring bubble bubble properties
5.5 Bubble models

6. Entrainment
6.1 TDH
6.2 Entrainment flux

7. Mass Transfer
7.1 Dispersion vs mass transfer
7.2 Models

8. Heat Transfer
8.1 Convection conduction
8.2 Radiation
8.3 Heat transfer correlations

9. Particle cohesion
9.1 Interparticle forces
9.2 Particle cluster size
9.3 Effects of entrainment

10. Particle Attrition and Erosion
10.1 Jets (Werther and Ghadiri)
10.2 Cyclones (Reppenhaggen, Werther)
10.3 Testing

11. Fluidized Bed Design
11.1 Distributor
11.2 Cyclones
11.3 Internals
11.4 Reactor modeling
11.5 Riser
11.6 Riser terminator
11.7 Stripper
11.8 Regenerator
11.9 Standpipes and diplegs
11.10 Transfer lines

12. Cyclone Design
12.1 Cyclone types
12.2 Cyclone design
12.3 Cyclone collection efficiency
12.4 Cyclone pressure drop
12.5 Diplegs

13. Pressure Loops and PL Calculations
13.1 Fluidized beds
13.2 Cyclones
13.3 CFBs
13.4 Standpipe pressure buildings
13.5 Pressure loop calculations and circulation

14. Modeling Fluidized Beds and CFBs
14.1 ROM
14.2 PBM
14.3 CFD
14.4 DEM-CFD
14.5 Hybrids

15. Scaling Up Methodologies for Fluidized Beds
15.1 Tools
15.2 Scale Up Path
15.3 Economics