Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Fluidization and fluidized bed
1.2 Typical APs-Ug relationship
1.3 Geldart powder classification
1.4 Gas-solid fluidization regimes
1.5 Fluidization applications
1.6 Miniaturization of fluidized beds
1.7 Micro fluidized bed applications
1.8 Sources of information on micro fluidization
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Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Gas-Solid Micro Fluidization
2.1 Bed pressure drops in micro fluidized beds
2.1.1 The bed pressure drop overshoot
2.1.2 The bed pressure drop offset
2.1.3 Deviation from the Ergun equation
2.2 Mechanistic analysis of the wall effects
2.2.1 The wall frictional force
2.2.2 Increase in bed voidage
2.2.3 Inhomogeneous flow
2.3 Discussions on the wall effects
2.4 Other influencing factors
2.4.1 Influence of particle diameter
2.4.2 Influence of gas properties
2.4.3 Influence of temperature
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Chapter 3 Gas and Solid Mixing
3.1 Experimental and analytic techniques
3.1.1 Gas residence time distribution
3.1.2 Axial dispersion model
3.2 Gas mixing
3.2.1 Gas residence time distribution
3.2.2 Axial gas dispersion coefficient
3.2.3 Two-phase model analysis
3.2.4 The criteria for plug flow of gas in micro fluidized beds
3.3 Solid mixing
3.3.1 Solid mixing simulation
3.3.2 Particle feeding simulation
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Chapter 4 Micro Fluidization Regimes
4.1 Experimental observations
4.2 Fixed bed
4.3 Minimum fluidization velocity
4.3.1 Factors influencing Umf
4.3.2 Prediction of minimum fluidization velocity
4.4 Particulate fluidization
4.5 Bubbling fluidized bed
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Chapter 5 Hydrodynamic Modeling of Micro Fluidized Beds
Chapter 6 Microreactors for Thermal Analysis of Gas-Solid Thermochemical Reactions
Chapter 7 System of Micro Fluidized Bed Reaction Analysis
Chapter 8 Characteristics of Micro Fluidized Bed Reaction Analyzers
Chapter 9 Applications of Micro Fluidized Beds
Chapter 10 Applications of MFBR in Industrial Process Development
Chapter 11 Characterization of Liquid-Solid Micro Fluidized Beds
Chapter 12 Characterization of Gas-Liquid-Solid Micro Fluidized Beds
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