Fluidized-bed conversion of solid fuels is a well-established and widely used technology.
Yet, operational problems are encountered in industrial practice. One of the most important …

A key issue associated with fluidized bed combustion of biomass is agglomeration. The
presence of high quantities of alkali metal species in biomass ash leads to the formation of …

Since the publication of the first edition of Multiphase Flow with Droplets and Particles in
1998 there have been important advances in the science and technology of dispersed …

Claims and suggestions in the literature that verification or validation of CFD numerical
models has been achieved for fluidized beds are shown to be inconsistent with objective …

In chemical and energy industries, fluidization concerning rod-like particles is often
encountered, but little effort has been made in this respect. Understanding fluidization of rod …

The effect of gas velocity on the average and local heat transfer coefficients between a
submerged horizontal tube (25.4 mm-OD) and a fluidized bed has been determined in a …

An enhanced monitoring method, based on pressure fluctuation measurements, for
observing nonstationarities in fluidized‐bed hydrodynamics is presented. Experiments show …

Often the reactor or the reaction medium temperature is reported in the field of
heterogeneous catalysis, even though it could vary significantly from the reactive catalyst …

Thermochemical conversion by gasification process is one of the most relevant technologies
for energy recovery from solid fuel, with an energy conversion efficiency better than other …

This paper reviews procedures for investigating the fluid-dynamic behavior of gas–solid
fluidized beds using pressure signals as obtained from modeling or experiments. The …