Front Cover; FIuidization-dynamics: The formulation and applications of a predictive theory for the fluidized state; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Research origins; Notation; Chapter 1. Introduction: the fluidized state; Chapter 2. Single particle suspension; Chapter 3. Fluid flow through particle beds; Chapter 4. Homogeneous fluidization; Chapter 5. A kinematic description of unsteady-state behaviour; Chapter 6. A criterion for the stability of the homogeneously fluidized state; Chapter 7. The first equations of change for fluidization. Chapter 8. The particle bed modelChapter 9. Single-phase model predictions and experimental observations; Chapter 10. Fluidization quality; Chapter 11. The two-phase particle bed model; Chapter 12. Two-phase model predictions and experimental observations; Chapter 13. The scaling relations; Chapter 14. The jump conditions; Chapter 15. Slugging fluidization; Chapter 16. Two-dimensional simulation; Author index; Subject index.
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Fluidization Dynamics has been written for students and engineers who find themselves involved with problems concerning the fluidized state. It presents an analysis that focuses directly on the problem of predicting the fluid dynamic behaviour of a proposed fluidized system for which empirical data is limited or unavailable. The second objective is to provide a treatment of fluidization dynamics that is readily accessible to the non-specialist. The linear approach adopted in this book, starting with the formulation of predictive expressions for the basic forces that act on.