HEAT TRANSFER IN FLUIDIZED BEDS

Abstract

Preface. Introduction. Particle migration at solid surfaces and heat transfer in bubbling fluidized beds. Heat transfer in particle beds. Heat transfer mechanisms in bubbling fluidized beds. Prediction of minimum fluidization velocity. Physical properties of the media. Prediction of heat transfer in bubbling fluidized beds at Ar10 8. Physical background to convective heat transfer. Heat transfer at elevated temperatures. Historical remarks. Fluid dynamics of circulating fluidized beds. Experimentally determined wall-to-suspension heat transfer coeffients in circulating fluidized beds. Prediction of the heat transfer in circulating fluidized beds without considering the influence radiation. Prediction of the heat transfer in circulating fluidized beds at elevated temperatures. Heat transfer in homogenous multiphase flows. Prediction of the heat transfer with particulate fluidization. General aspects of heat transfer in fixed and fluidized beds percolated by a gas at Re>1. References. Index