This reference details particle characterization, dynamics, manufacturing, handling, and processing for the employment of multiphase reactors, as well as procedures in reactor scale-up and design for applications in the chemical, mineral, petroleum, power, cement and pharmaceuticals industries. The authors discuss flow through fixed beds, elutriation and entrainment, gas distributor and plenum design in fluidized beds, effect of internal tubes and baffles, general approaches to reactor design, applications for gasifiers and combustors, dilute phase pneumatic conveying, and applications for chemical production and processing. This is a valuable guide for chemists and engineers to use in their day-to-day work.

About the Author

Wen-Ching Yang is Advisory Engineer, Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The author, coauthor, editor or coeditor of numerous journal articles, book chapters and books, he holds 11 patents and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and a member of the American Chemical Society. The recipient of the Fluor Daniel Lectureship Award in Fluidization (2000) and the Dow Chemical Fluidized Processes Recognition Award (1993), Dr. Yang received the B.S. degree (1962) in chemical engineering from the National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, the M.S. degree (1965) in chemical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Ph.D. degree (1968) from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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