Circulating Fluidized Beds

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction to Circulating Fluidized Beds

   • John R. Grace, Hsiaotao Bi

   Pages 1-20

3. Hydrodynamics

   • Masayuki Horio

   Pages 21-85

4. Gas Mixing

   • Umberto Arena

   Pages 86-118

5. Solids Motion and Mixing

   • Joachim Werther, Bernd Hirschberg

   Pages 119-148

6. Hydrodynamic modeling

   • Jennifer L. Sinclair

   Pages 149-180

7. Cyclones and other gas—solids separators

   • Edgar Muschelknautz, Volker Greif

   Pages 181-213

8. Standpipes and return systems

   • Ted M. Knowlton

   Pages 214-260

9. Heat transfer in circulating fluidized beds

   • Leon R. Glicksman

   Pages 261-311

10. Experimental techniques

    • Michel Louge

    Pages 312-368

11. Combustion performance

    • Clive Brereton

    Pages 369-416

12. Design considerations for CFB boilers

    • Yam Y. Lee

    Pages 417-440

13. Applications of CFB technology to gas—solid reactions

    • Rodney J. Dry, Colin J. Beeby

    Pages 441-465

14. Fluid catalytic cracking

    • Amos A. Avidan

    Pages 466-488

15. Design and scale-up of CFB catalytic reactors

    • John M. Matsen

    Pages 489-503

16. Reactor modeling for high-velocity fluidized beds

    • John R. Grace, K. Seng Lim

    Pages 504-524

17. Novel configurations and variants

    • Yong Jin, Jing-Xu Zhu, Zhi-Qing Yu

    Pages 525-567

18. Future prospects

    • Amos A. Avidan

    Pages 568-577

19. Back Matter

    Pages 579-585

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Since the late 1970s there has been an explosion of industrial and academic interest in circulating fluidized beds. In part, the attention has arisen due to the environmental advantages associated with CFB (circulating . fluidized bed) combustion systems, the incorporation of riser reactors employing cir­ culating fluidized bed technology in petroleum refineries for fluid catalytic cracking and, to a lesser extent, the successes of CFB technology for calcina­ tion reactions and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. In part, it was also the case that too much attention had been devoted to bubbling fluidized beds and it was time to move on to more complex and more advantageous regime,S of operation. Since 1980 a number of CFB processes have been commercialized. There have been five successful International Circulating Fluidized Bed Confer­ ences beginning in 1985, the most recent taking place in Beijing in May 1996. In addition, we have witnessed a host of other papers on CFB funda­ mentals and applications in journals and other archival publications. There have also been several review papers and books on specific CFB topics. However, there has been no comprehensive book reviewing the field and attempting to provide an overview of both fundamentals and applications. The purpose of this book is to fill this vacuum.

• combustion
• design
• dynamics
• fluid
• fluidized bed
• heat transfer
• hydrodynamics
• instrumentation
• mixing
• modeling
• modelling
• reaction
• research
• solid
• units

• University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

  J. R. Grace

• Mobil Research and Development Corporation, Paulsboro, USA

  A. A. Avidan

• Particulate Solid Research Incorporated, Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, USA

  T. M. Knowlton

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