fluidized bed
Floating granular reactor
A fluidized bed is a container of solid particles through which gas or liquid flows upward with enough force to suspend the particles, making them behave like a fluid.
Used in industrial processes like combustion, catalytic cracking, and coating, fluidized beds provide efficient heat transfer and mixing: The pharmaceutical plant uses a fluidized bed to dry and granulate powders.
Water-heating vessel
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- gasificationConverting carbon materials to vapor
- incinerationBurning waste to ash
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
biomass · burning · thermal · oxidation · energy · heat · flame · temperature
Suspending solids in flow
- bubblingForming gas spheres
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- expansionIncrease in scope
- pressure dropReduction in atmospheric force
hydrodynamics · mixing · homogenization · porosity · permeability · entrainment · freeboard · cyclone
Controlled fission apparatus
- crackingBreaking without separating completely
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- refiningRemoving unwanted elements
- FCCBroadcast oversight agency
regeneration · catalyst · chemical processing · polymerization · synthesis · conversion · selectivity · deactivation
Making into small grains
- filmMovie or coating
- layeringForming successive strata
- agglomerationCollected mass of parts
- pelletizingForming compressed small rounds
encapsulation · spray · polymer · resin · powder · adhesion · substrate · pharmaceuticals
Small discrete particles
- powdersFinely ground dry matter
- moistureSmall amounts of liquid
- evaporationLiquid turning to gas
- pharmaceuticalsManufactured therapeutic substances
food processing · batch · continuous · air flow · temperature control · humidity · agitation · heat transfer
boiler
Water-heating vessel
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- gasificationConverting carbon materials to vapor
- incinerationBurning waste to ash
coal · biomass · burning · thermal · oxidation · energy · heat · flame · temperature · ash
fluidization
Suspending solids in flow
pressure drop · hydrodynamics · mixing · homogenization · porosity · permeability · entrainment · freeboard · cyclone
reactor
Controlled fission apparatus
- crackingBreaking without separating completely
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- refiningRemoving unwanted elements
FCC · regeneration · catalyst · chemical processing · polymerization · synthesis · conversion · selectivity · deactivation · feedstock
granulation
Making into small grains
- filmMovie or coating
- layeringForming successive strata
- agglomerationCollected mass of parts
pelletizing · encapsulation · spray · polymer · resin · powder · adhesion · substrate · pharmaceuticals · particle
granules
Small discrete particles
- powdersFinely ground dry matter
- moistureSmall amounts of liquid
- evaporationLiquid turning to gas
pharmaceuticals · food processing · batch · continuous · air flow · temperature control · humidity · agitation · heat transfer · coating
- fluidizationfluidization, freeboard, gas distribution, plenum, aeration
- gas synthesisgasification, coal gasification, coal gas, town gas, reformer
- industrial heatingfurnace, kiln, blast furnace, electric furnace, gas furnace
- microencapsulationcapsule, capsules, microbead, microspheres, encapsulant
- process equipmentreactor, heat exchanger, heat exchangers, condenser, condensers
- waste incinerationincineration, incinerator, incinerators, waste-to-energy, waste incineration