fluidization
Solids becoming fluid-like
Fluidization is the process of making a granular material behave like a fluid by passing gas or liquid through it.
When air flows upward through sand or powder at sufficient velocity, the particles separate and suspend, allowing the bed to flow and mix like a liquid.
The technique is central to industrial processes like catalytic cracking in petroleum refining and coating pharmaceutical tablets.
The fluidization of coal particles improves combustion efficiency.
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- reactorControlled fission apparatus
- particlesMinute pieces of matter
- bubblingForming gas spheres
- circulatingMoving in a circuit
spouted · distributor · velocity · expansion · regime · aeration · pneumatic · entrainment
Forming gas spheres
- sluggingHitting with force
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- segregationForced separation by group
- agglomerationCollected mass of parts
attrition · homogeneous · heterogeneous · smooth · aggregative · particulate · collapse · onset
Accelerating reactions without consumption
- adsorptionAccumulation on a surface
- crackingBreaking without separating completely
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- gasificationConverting carbon materials to vapor
calcination · drying · coating · polymerization · regeneration · deactivation
Science of liquid motion
- dragResistance through fluid
- porosityVoid space density
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
- interstitialRelating to small gaps
turbulence · laminar · two-phase · multiphase · particulate
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- petrochemicalProduct from crude processing
- pharmaceuticalManufactured medicinal compound
- biomassLiving material in aggregate
- cementCalcium powder binding agent
bed
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circulating · spouted · distributor · velocity · expansion · regime · aeration · pneumatic · entrainment · freeboard
bubbling
Forming gas spheres
- sluggingHitting with force
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- segregationForced separation by group
agglomeration · attrition · homogeneous · heterogeneous · smooth · aggregative · particulate · collapse · onset · incipient
catalysis
Accelerating reactions without consumption
- adsorptionAccumulation on a surface
- crackingBreaking without separating completely
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
gasification · calcination · drying · coating · polymerization · regeneration · deactivation
hydrodynamics
Science of liquid motion
- dragResistance through fluid
- porosityVoid space density
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
interstitial · turbulence · laminar · two-phase · multiphase · particulate
FCC
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- petrochemicalProduct from crude processing
- pharmaceuticalManufactured medicinal compound
- biomassLiving material in aggregate
fluidizationcompaction
Reducing volume through pressure
consolidation · stagnation · immobilization · solidification · agglomeration
fluidizationsettling
Reaching resolution or rest
sedimentation · deposition · compacting · packing · aggregation
fluidizationsolidification
Transition to firm state
compaction · consolidation · rigidification · hardening · setting
influence, fluid, fluent, influx, superfluous, fluctuate, fluidity, affluence, confluence