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applications of, 5, 184
bed expansion for, 328
with draft tubes, 136
mass transfer in, 328–329
maximum spoutable bed depth in, 35, 41,
326–327
minimum spouting velocity in, 324–325
pressure drop in, 324, 325–326
mass balances, 305–310
mass transfer
between annulus and spout, 115, 306, 308
between fluid and particles, 162–164, 216, 328
in liquid-solid spouting, 328–329
in three-phase spouted bed, 330
maximum pressure drop. See peak pressure drop
maximum spoutable bed depth
definition, 5–7
for liquid spouted bed, 326–327
mechanism controlling, 35–39
in powder-particle spouted beds, 180–182
in slot-rectangular spouted beds, 290
in spout-fluid beds, 114
maximum spouting velocity, 8
mechanically spouted beds, 164, 297–304
drying in, 298–299
metal electrodeposition, 272, 273, 275–279
microwave drying, 304
minimum fluidization velocity, 35, 46, 130
minimum spout-fluidization velocity, 110–111
minimum spouting velocity, 7, 8, 23–26, 31–34,
110–111, 132, 134
for conical spouted beds, 23–24, 84–85, 134
correlations for, 24–25, 32, 97
for liquid spouted beds, 324–325
moisture, effect of, 212–214, 217
minimum turnover flowrate, 130
mixing. See also segregation of solids
of gas, 115, 195, 307, 313
of particles, 116, 141–157, 200, 301
models. See also computational fluid dynamics
of catalytic reactors, 305–313
for coating and granulation, 230, 245
for drying, 189, 191, 196–200, 215–218
for gasification, 157–158
for heat and mass transfer, 162, 165, 168
moving beds, spouted bed and, 10, 11
multiple-spout beds, 120, 262, 264, 284, 291–293
nozzles, 131, 136, 193, 223, 238, 247, 274, 330
nuclear fuel coating, 228–230
optical fiber probe. See fiber optic probe
particle coating. See coating, of particles
particle porosity, 189, 308
particle segregation. See segregation of solids
particle shape, effect of, 31, 36, 94, 189, 286, 288
particle shrinkage, 199
particle size distribution, effect of, 91
particle velocities, 9, 63–64, 69, 72–75, 93–94, 145
pastes, drying of, 206–219
peak pressure drop, 18, 22–23, 85, 97, 290, 324
pharmaceuticals, 222, 233, 238
photocatalytic reactor, 136
piezoelectric probes, 9
pitot tube measurements, 8
plasma jet, 260
pneumatic conveying, 10, 175, 240
polymerization, 82, 97–98, 157, 313–316
positron emission particle tracking, 244, 246
powder-particle spouted beds, 175–184
pressure distribution, 12, 20–21
pressure drop. See also peak pressure drop
for conventional spouted bed, 47–51
for liquid spouted bed, 324, 325–326
for mechanically spouted bed, 302–303
moisture effect on, 211–213, 217
in spout-fluid bed, 107
pressure, effect of, 37, 97, 117–118, 254, 257,
286
pressure fluctuations, 106, 117, 155
pressure gradient, 39–51
pressure profiles, 47–51, 109, 117–118
pulsations, 148–149, 156, 193, 288, 319
pyrolysis, 82, 98–100, 133, 251, 258–260, 264
pyrolytic carbon deposition, 148, 228–230
radioactive particle tracking, 144
reactors. See also catalytic reactor; combustion;
gasification; pyrolysis; electrochemical
reactors
shape of, 272–273
modeling of, 10, 69, 305–310
residence time distribution. See mixing
restitution coefficient, 97, 287, 288
rotating jet-spouted bed, 193
scale-up, 12, 58, 63, 218, 254, 257, 283–294
of electrochemical spouted bed, 273, 275, 277
of mechanically spouted bed, 303, 304
sector column, 9
segregation of solids
baffle-induced, 154
in conical spouted bed, 90–92, 154–156
in conventional spouted bed, 149–154
in modified spouted bed, 157
in multi-spout bed, 156–157
in spout-fluid bed, 157
top surface, 153–154
semi-cylindrical columns. See half-sectional
columns