Spouted and spout fluid beds : fundamentals and applications Since the pioneering text by Mathur and Epstein over 35 years ago much of the work on this subject has been extended or superseded producing an enormous body of scattered literature. This edited volume unifies the subject pulling material together and underpinning it with fundamental theory to produce the only complete up to date reference on all major areas of spouted bed research and practice. With contributions from internationally renowned research groups this book guides the reader through new developments insights and models. The hydrodynamic and reactor models of spouted and spout fluid beds are examined as well as such topics as particle segregation heat and mass transfer mixing and scale up. Later chapters focus on drying particle coating and energy related applications based on spouted and spout fluid beds. This is a valuable resource for chemical and mechanical engineers in research and industry Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction N. Epstein and J. Grace; 2. Initiation of spouting X. Bi; 3. Empirical and analytical hydrodynamics N. Epstein; 4. Computational fluid dynamic modelling of spouted beds X. Bao W. Du and J. Xu; 5. Conical spouted beds M. Olazar J. Bilbao and M. J. San Jose; 6. Hydrodynamics of spout fluid beds W. Zhong B. Jin M. Zhang and R. Xiao; 7. Spouted and spout fluid beds with draft tubes M. H. Morgan H. Littman Z. Grbavcic and J. D. Paccione; 8. Particle segregation and mixing G. Rovero and N. Piccinini; 9. Heat and mass transfer A. Kmiec and S. Englart; 10. Powder particle spouted beds T. Ishikura and H. Nagashima; 11. Drying of particulate solids M. L. Passos E. F. Costa Jr and A. S. Mujumdar; 12. Drying of solutions slurries and pastes J. T. Freire M. C. Ferreira and F. B. Freire; 13. Granulation and particle coating S. C. S. Rocha and O. P. Taranto; 14. The Wurster process J. Seville S. Palmer and A. Ingram; 15. Gasification and combustion A. P. Watkinson and A. Lisboa; 16. Spouted bed electrolytic reactors J. W. Evans and V. Jiricny; 17. Scale up slot rectangular and multiple spouting J. Grace and C. J. Lim; 18. Mechanical spouting T. Szentmarjay E. Pillai and Judit Toth; 19. Catalytic reactors and their modelling G. Rovero and N. Piccinini; 20. Liquid and liquid gas spouting Z. B. Grbavcic H. Littman and M. H. Morgan III; 21. Concluding chapter N. Epstein and J. Grace