Solid Fluid Operations
Syllabus: Flow around a sphere: Stokes law, standard drag curve; laminar and turbulent flow; skin friction and form drag; terminal settling velocities; wall effects, Non-spherical particles: terminal falling velocities and drag, Unsteady motion of particles: solution of equations in specific cases, e.g. vertical acceleration under gravity, Sedimentation: free and hindered settling; the thickening process, Particle characterisation: size distributions; data presentation; averages and weighted distributions; shape, Methods for size measurement, Interparticle forces: van der Waals' forces; liquid bridges; electrostatic forces; impact and rebound
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Conveying: hydraulic and pneumatic conveying - theory and design, Manipulation of particle size distributions, Liquid bridge forces, Pneumatic conveying design, Powder flow behaviour; characterisation techniques, Microscopic models of interparticle adhesion and friction, Coulomb behaviour; Mohr's circle analysis, Orientation of principal stresses and slip surfaces, Differential slice analyses of pressure transmission, Dynamic flow rates, Design of hoppers and feeders, Comparison of liquid and powder flow properties and behaviour, Description of fluidization phenomena; range of behaviour, Gas and liquid fluidized beds, Bubbling behaviour, Elutriation, Scale -up in reactor design, Prediction of minimum fluidizing velocity, Estimation of required heat transfer surface area

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Solid Fluid Operations Books
- Crystallization by J. W. Mullin
- Fluid Mechanics and Transfer Processes by Kay and Nedderman
- Chemical Engineering, Volume 2 by Coulson and Richardson
- Handbook of Filter Media by Derek B. Purchas, Ken Sutherland, Ross King
- Conceptual Design of Distillation Systems with CD-ROM by Michael F. Doherty, Michael F. Malone
- Purification of Laboratory Chemicals by W. L. F. Armarego, D. D. Perrin
- Filters and Filtration Handbook by T. Christopher Dickenson
- Industrial Sprays and Atomization by G. G. Nasr, Andrew J. Yule, L. Bendig
- Fluidization Engineering by Daizo Kunii, Octave Levenspiel, Daizeo Kunii
- Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes by Richard M. Felder, Ronald W. Rousseau
- Principles and Modern Applications of Mass Transfer Operations by Jaime Benitez
- Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering by Julian C. Smith, Peter Harriott, Peter Harriot, Warren L. McCabe
- Gas Fluidization Technology by D Geldart
- Transport Processes and Unit Operations by Christie J. Geankoplis
- Transport Phenomena and Unit Operations: A Combined Approach by Richard G. Griskey, Richard A. Griskey

